The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) have requested that banks move to disinfect bills whilst also encouraging people to use contactless forms of payment in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) among the wider community.

After Vietnam’s pork industry was hit hard by the outbreak of African Swine Flu and COVID-19, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) say they will increase pork imports to reduce prices for the domestic market.

Friday's major moves follow the biggest one-day declines in the US and UK since Black Monday in 1987.

23 new patients who were tested positive to the Covid-19 are improving and recovering, according to the Ministry of Health.

Tourist numbers to Sapa Town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have considerably decreased, causing many local areas to become deserted.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urges firms to prepare scenarios to ensure they can continue operation in any circumstances.

The Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge was launched at a webinar on March 12 to promote technology innovations among startups.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is to make decision soon on cutting the prime interest rate, the bank’s Deputy Governor Dao Miinh Tu said at a meeting on March 12.

The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a dossier seeking UNESCO’s inclusion of the making of Dong Ho folk paintings in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

The Hanoi National University (HNU) and the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) have found a place in the World University Rankings by Subject 2020 compiled by British education company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called for no increases in the electricity price until the end of the second quarter at the earliest to support businesses amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

At the request of Canada, Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has spoken over the phone with Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Morgan to discuss bilateral relations and share experience in COVID-19 prevention and control.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has set up a national steering committee for the organisation of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th Southeast Asian Para Games (ASEAN Para Games 11) in 2021.

Up to 248 people who recently returned from the Republic of Korea were granted permission to leave a quarantine area on March 11 after 14 days of staying at a military school in Son Tay town on the outskirts of Hanoi.

Many experts believe that loosening the monetary policy won’t help much in the context of Covid-19, saying that it will do more harm than good.

A new TV series titled Nhà Trọ Balanha (Homestay Balanha), depicting the dreams and failures of youngsters, will be broadcast by Vietnam Television. 

As Hue city, Thua Thien-Hue province is peaceful and boasts stunning ancient architecture, many tourists love cyclo tour to enjoy natural beauty in the former imperial city.

Students and their parents have been getting used to televised lessons for 9th and 12th graders since early this week.

Book lovers have been offered opportunities to buy their favourites at surprisingly low prices on online bookstores at a time when traditional bookshops have been affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.

Compared with businesses in the US and Europe, the digital transformation process in Vietnamese enterprises is less risky and simpler.