The Embassy of Qatar has purchased four tonnes of watermelon to help farmers in Vietnam’s central region, said the embassy on February 10.

HCM City on Tuesday launched a trial model of an operation centre each for smart health and education as part of its project to turn into a smart city.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence led by Deputy Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh is paying a working visit to Singapore from February 10-13.

Despite teachers’ efforts to continue teaching and advising students online amid the coronavirus outbreak, Vietnamese parents have expressed deep concerns over their children’s academic progress during the prolonged school closure.

The National Assembly Standing Committee concluded its 42nd session on February 11 afternoon.

The following is the full text of the statement by the Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, at the UNSC Briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” on February 11.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said that the domestic pork supply is forecast to increase from February.

In response to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s appeal, a number of credit institutions have announced plans to support businesses affected by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) epidemic.

Bao Viet Securities (BVSC) predicted that the GDP would grow by 6.5 percent in Q1 2010, or 0.2-0.4 percent lower than the same period last year. The growth will recover in Q2.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced it would remove regulations limiting foreign ownership in local intermediary payment firms from its draft Decree No 101.

Vietnam will reduce the number of districts by six and the number of communes by 544 after merging administrative units.

Work on Phan Thiet Airport, which will be used for both civil and military purposes, in the south central province of Binh Thuan is set to begin in 2020.

Thirty-nine Vietnamese people found dead inside a refrigerated trailer in Essex, north-east of London, last October, died of hypoxia (oxygen deprivation) and hyperthermia (overheating) in an enclosed space, British police said on February 11.

The northern region will experience cold and rainy weather in the next 10 days.

Many transportation firms reported that they are incurring huge losses and slow business due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Flood tides have been forecasted to reach peaks of 1.6 metres on Saigon and Dong Nai rivers on February 12 and would flood many areas in HCM City.

Schools in HCM City will reopen from February 17 after two weeks of closing to prevent the spreading of Coronavirus, said the deputy director of HCM City Department of Education and Training Nguyen Van Hieu.

Some restaurants in Nha Trang City in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa have had to temporarily close due to the sharp customer fall amid the coronavirus spread.

"Singapore Airshow 2020" officially opened on Feb. 11 with the participation of delegations from many countries as well as more than 900 businesses from 45 countries.

Tien Giang province is a popular tourist destination in the Mekong Delta thanks to its cultural heritage, especially the ancient temples, which are helping to develop the province’s tourism sector.