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.

A total of 64 people, of whom 62 are Chinese and two are Vietnamese, are being isolated and supervised after arriving in Vietnam due to fears of the novel coronavirus, said the HCM City Department of Tourism.

HCM City authorities have identified urban infrastructure development as the key factor in meeting the city’s economic targets in 2020-25.

The Vietnam Administration of Forestry has instructed province and city agriculture departments around the country to carefully monitor wildlife imports amid the public health emergency caused by the new strain of coronavirus.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has many times affirmed that Vietnam has no intention of devaluing the local currency to gain advantages in trade with its partners.

A large area of protective forest in the central highlands province of Dak Lak was destroyed during the Tet holiday.

Outstanding artworks in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi allow visitors a vicarious experience of Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations, which herald the arrival of spring, over the past seven decades.

French pianist Maxime Zecchini will play works for the left hand in a piano recital at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in HCM City on February 23.

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.

The Formula One (F1) racetrack in Vietnam has been named after the capital Hanoi while its nine grandstands take their names from popular destinations from north to south.

Though saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta was predicted to come earlier and with higher level of salinity than that recorded in the 2015-2016 dry season, the damages to farming areas are expected to be less serious.

The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of Region 4 on February 9 brought ashore a foreign sailor who was in a life-threatening condition on a Marshall Island-flagged ship.

Shoppers put up barricades as a Thai soldier aimed at victims' heads on a 16-hour rampage.

Record rains bring travel chaos but also put out wildfires and replenish supplies in drought-hit areas.

Scholars from Vietnam, India and other countries including Australia and Belgium exchanged views on Buddhism’s role in India’s Bhubaneswar city on February 8-9.

A programme highlighting Vietnam’s unique culture is taking place in Saudi Arabia from February 3 to 15.

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).

Despite its young age, the Vietnamese stock market has made great contributions to economic development in the last 20 years.

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