The State budget may face a shortfall of some VND42.3 trillion (US$1.8 billion) this year due to the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A bodybuilder, a watercolour artist and a film director are amongst those who have died in Wuhan.

A British university says "an incorrect story... spiralled" from its research into the virus's spread.

Khanh Hoa is eligible to declare itself free of the Covid-19, while Thanh Hoa is speeding up procedures to announce the end of the coronavirus, stated Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has rebuked the Quang Ninh government for turning away an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 1,000 tourists because of fears of the coronavirus and told the local authorities to draw lessons from the experience.

National authorities have seized nearly 112,500 face masks with unclear origins that were about to be put up for sale on the local market at a time when the public is in dire need of masks due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Some Diamond Princess passengers are being allowed to leave if they have tested negative for Covid-19.

These days, doctors, nurses and employees at Facility no.2 of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Kim Chung Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi, are accompanying with patients to fight against COVID-19.

The recent coronavirus outbreak has affected economies throughout the world, disrupting supply chains in the region, including in Vietnam.

The mandatory closing may be closed until the end of February or more depending on the evolution of the epidemic.

Khanh Hoa Province and many localities in Vietnam have succeeded in combating coronavirus according to the Ministry of Health.

More coronavirus patients would be discharged from hospital on Tuesday, with the first two being released in the morning according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam has seen positive signs in the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), heard a meeting of the national steering committee for prevention and control of the disease on February 17.

Receiving her two-month-old son’s birth certificate from a Grab driver, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, 22, breathed a sigh of relief because she had saved time and avoided the risk of going to a public office. Instead, she had completed the procedure online.

The service sectors of China as well as of Vietnam—including transport, accommodation, tourism, retail, hospitality and entertainment—will be hardest hit by the 2019-nCoV outbreak.

A bailout expected to be implemented by the government will contribute to helping the economy out of difficulties.

Hundreds of enterprises, both Vietnamese and foreign invested, are increasingly concerned about supply of components from China.

Despite mounting cases and deaths from the new strain of acute respiratory disease COVID-19, Vietnamese localities said the situation in Vietnam was under control.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked all cities and provinces to focus on correctly disposing discarded face masks, especially in quarantine sites, in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-2019.

Vietnamese businesses have voiced their concerns over the struggle to cope with the coronavirus due to a lack of rawmaterials