The idea of ​​building a Vietnamese website on coronavirus stems from the fact that the world's infection map does not have a Vietnamese version.

Despite the Hoan Kiem District People’s Committee announcing plans to temporarily suspend activities on the walking streets surrounding Hoan Kiem Lake throughout February, the streets remain popular with a large number of visitors.

Good news has come as Vietnamese scientists have successfully created a toolkit to quickly detect the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) within just 70 minutes, instead of the three hours needed for other usual test methods.

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung has announced a tax exemption on the import of five commodity groups needed to fight the novel coronavirus in Vietnam.

This was not the first time that Vietnamese authority detained people hoarding face masks in large quantities for illegally export to China.

More than 400 Vietnamese citizens returning from China are living a military life during 14 days of quarantine at a military barracks in the border town of Lang Son.

Implementing the Minister of Information and Communications' call to combat against nCoV, many enterprises and organizationsare making use of their technology strength to effectively cooperate with health organizations in the nation.

A deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam has advised residents to limit the use of cash for payments and make more online transactions instead to prevent the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, the local media reported.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son on February 9 refuted claims that the Wuhan coronavirus can spread through fine dust particles.

Two foreign patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) being treated at hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are progressing well, local medical authorities announced on February 9.

After six days of implementation, military-run telecom group Viettel on February 7 finalised a mobile application, Vietnam Health, which was ordered by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to support the prevention and control of coronavirus.

The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has affected Vietnam’s trade with not only China but also other markets, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai.

To prevent the spread of the new strain of coronavirus in Vietnam, customers are encouraged to adopt cashless payment methods.

Vietnam has flown home 30 citizens from Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Some 908 people have now died in China - but the number of new infections has stabilised.

The local market is seeing used disposable face masks being collected for reselling and reuse, as well as fake hand sanitizers being widely produced, amid the rapid spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.

As a countermeasure against the new coronavirus in Vietnam, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to provide testing reagents worth 14 million yen, which ensures the rapid detection of the virus.

The HCMC High Command and Department of Health are making preparatory activities to put a field hospital into operation on February 10 in a bid to prevent and fight against the acute respiratory infection caused by nCoV.

The Ministry of Health on February 8 held a teleconference to discuss and popularise prevention and treatment measures against the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV).

At this point of time, it might be impossible to fully gauge the implications of the novel coronavirus outbreak (nCoV) on the local economy.