Italy and Spain accuse northern European countries of not doing enough to help in economic crisis.

The European Council on March 30 passed a decision to ratify the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), paving the way for the deal to come into force.

While the supply of raw materials from China is recovering after a month of suspension, textile and garment businesses find that they have moved out of the frying pan into the fire as the COVID-19 pandemic

Giuseppe Berardelli who gave his respirator to a patient is among 50 priests killed in Italy so far.

The social media platform has seen usage rocket in countries hardest hit by coronavirus lockdowns.

An inquiry is launched after soldiers discover elderly coronavirus victims "dead in their beds".

Some importers from US and EU, major markets for Vietnam’s textile and garment industry, have stopped orders within three to four weeks on Covid-19 pandemic.

The country expands restrictions on social interaction as Chancellor Merkel goes into quarantine.

Since the EVTFA was approved, experts have been analysing the opportunities for Vietnam to penetrate deeper into the high-value foreign markets. 

The European Commission's president is to urge leaders to ban "non-essential" travel.

Noi Bai International Airport has received a rising number of people returning from European countries.

Italy, Spain and France all report grim new figures for fatalities from the coronavirus.

The scheme aims to ease the burden on Greece, where migrant camps are squalid and overcrowded.

Flights from European countries other than the UK will be suspended for 30 days, the president says.

Although the free trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam will offer great opportunities for wood investors and exporters, its rules of origin may not provide a big boon to local textile and garment businesses.

Vietnam should take advantage of being the second country in Southeast Asia to sign a free trade agreement with the EU to attract FDI from Europe.

The newly-ratified EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) will help to usher in a new economic era with the correct preparation. 

With ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement, the floodgates are expected to open for a new wave of European investment into the Vietnamese market. 

The French president's doubts come as the UK government is set to publish its demands.

The first meeting of the political affairs sub-committee of the Joint Committee under the EU-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation Framework Agreement (PCA) was held in Hanoi on February 17.