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Coronavirus panic: Why are people stockpiling toilet paper?

Loo roll has become the top "panic buy" item in several countries after coronavirus fears.

Investment cost and construction time increased for Metro Line No.2

Ho Chi Minh City sent a proposal to the relevant ministries to increase the investment capital and construction time for a component project of Metro Line No.2.

Fresh capital injections to avail of opportunities from EVFTA

Businesses in logistics and agricultural processing are embracing ambitious expansion plans to effectively cash in on opportunities from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Man breaks self-quarantine to visit relatives in Ben Tre

A man returning from South Korea has been found to have broken self-quarantine, travelling 80km from HCM City to the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, on Tuesday, according to Ben Tre Province’s Department of Health.

Team set up to deal with online trading violations

The General Department for Market Surveillance has recently set up a working team on e-commerce to deal with the increasing number of trade violations online.

Japan enhances support for Vietnamese trainees amid COVID-19 epidemic

There has been no COVID-19 case among Vietnamese technical trainees in Japan so far, an official from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) confirmed.

Visiting quarantine zone in Khanh Hoa

Vietnamese citizens coming back from the RoK are quarantined in army barracks and military schools in Khanh Hoa province.

ASEAN senior officials gather in Da Nang

The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) took place in the central coastal city of Da Nang on March 4 with the participation of hundreds of senior officials from the 10 ASEAN member countries.

Defence ministry launches Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3

The Ministry of National Defence made the first public appearance for Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3, which will be deployed to the UN mission in South Sudan, at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on March 4.

Mekong Delta saline intrusion to be worse this year

The General Water Resources Directorate has predicted that saline intrusion in Mekong Delta this year will come earlier and be more serious than in 2015-2016.

Food processors thinking outside the box for sales

Vietnamese enterprises are aiming to widen deep processing to diversify products to better serve their export markets.

Coronavirus: Tokyo 2020 could be postponed to end of year - Japan's Olympic minister

Japan's Olympic minister says the Tokyo 2020 games could be postponed from the summer until later in the year amid fears over the coronavirus outbreak.

Deadly tornadoes kill 25 and injure many in Tennessee

The storm was so fast-moving that many people didn't have time to take shelter, officials say.

Coronavirus: Drug shortage fears as India limits exports

It comes as the coronavirus outbreak has kept many Chinese drug ingredient manufacturers shut.

Covid-19 drills organised in Ho Chi Minh City

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City and eight neigbouring provinces organised Covid-19 epidemic drills on Wednesday morning.

US postpones assessment of Vietnam’s tra fish safety

The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has delayed its visit to Vietnam to assess the country's food safety control system for Siluriformes fish order, mainly tra fish, for the second time, from March 2 to 13.

HCM City speeds up cloth face mask production process

HCM City is producing millions of cloth face masks to meet rising demand amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Vietnam’s fintech explosion: investment capital soars from 0% to 36% in SE Asia

The investment capital poured into Vietnam’s fintechs in 2019 accounted for 36 percent of total capital into Southeast Asia. The figure was zero percent in 2018.

Exhibition featuring ink wash paintings by five artists opens in HCM City

Five veteran artists of thủy mặc (ink and wash) watercolour painting are introducing their works at an exhibition called Thái Mặc Niên Hoa (The Art of Ink and Wash).

Vietnam face defensive crisis ahead of key match

Park Hang-seo is facing a crisis in Vietnam’s defence ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifying match against Malaysia at the end of this month.