The Ministry of Health has decided to allow the Hue Central Policlinic and the HCM City Hospital of Tropical Diseases to perform tests for SARS-CoV-2 that causes the ravaging acute respiratory disease (coronavirus - COVID-19).

Seventeen out of 45 commercial banks slashed the fees for interbank transfers of small sums worth less than VND500,000 ($21.5).

Fitch Solutions has revised down its 2020 real GDP growth forecast for Vietnam to 6.3 percent, from 6.8 percent previously, in light of the worsening global COVID-19 outbreak.

Flights departing from epidemic-hit areas in South Korea will land at designated airports in Vietnam in a move to help prevent the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by coronavirus, said the Ministry of Transport.

The local supporting industries have seen positive movements after Vietnam has more thoroughly embraced its diverse new-generation free trade agreements.

An audio-visual installation titled “Invisible Fragments” by Félix-Antoine Morin from Montreal, Canada is set to take place in Hanoi from February 29 to March 3.

While tourism in many localities nationwide is gloomy due to Covid-19 fears, the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam province is still luring flocks of foreign tourists from Europe and America.

Vietnam continued winning at the Junior Davis Cup/Junior Fed Cup Asia-Oceania Pre-Qualifying Tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday.

A Korean man, who died near Bac Ninh province’s General Hospital on February 25, tested negative for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).

Since February 13, Vietnam has recorded no new Covid-19 infections.

The south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has gained coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-free status under the Ministry of Health’s Decision No.648/QD-BYT inked by Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen on February 26.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, has reaffirmed Vietnam’s strong support for the realization of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) on three pillars.

With ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement, the floodgates are expected to open for a new wave of European investment into the Vietnamese market. 

A 31-year-old woman has been sentenced to death by the Tay Ninh Province People’s Court for transporting nearly 8kg of methamphetamine.

The Mai House Philharmonic to play at “Spring” concert on March 14 at the Mai House.

HCM City leaders have called for a co-ordinated response to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and raise public awareness of the risk of the SARS-CoV-2’ spread in the city.

There is cause for optimism among business leaders in Vietnam and beyond in terms of foreign direct investment flows in 2020, with geopolitical and health factors leading to companies to formulate a plan B for operations. 

Some retailers have reportedto the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) that there is no more farm produce to rescue. But farmers still complain that their farm produce remains unsalable.

Local rescue forces in the central province of Quang Nam have found six bodies after a boat capsized on the Vu Gia River at 11pm on Tuesday.

Sugar stocks on the rise thank to global rising prices