Permanent Cabinet members deliberated the social welfare package for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during their meeting in Hanoi on April 5.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) on April 5 asked the Overseas Labour Management Department to order businesses to suspend sending workers abroad until the end of April.

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a new challenge for property brokers who have been facing many since last year due to the low supply in the market.

The International Exhibition of Products, Telecommunications Services, Information Technology and Communications and International Exhibition of Film and Television Technology will be held together in HCMC in September.

Hanoi has extended school closures until April 5 to ensure safety for local students amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19.

After repeated delays, Ho Chi Minh City’s new Mien Dong (Eastern) Bus Station in District 9 is finally set to open next month, according to the municipal Department of Transportation.

Industrial production grows in first quarter if COVID-19 ends: GSO

Textile and garment firm sets higher earnings targets for 2020

The national population database will be completed by April next year to improve State management of citizens, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Shareholders’ meetings to proceed as usual, say firms

Coronavirus has already taken a toll on Vietnam’s tourism, with people cancelling holidays and events getting pushed back. 

Boxer Nguyen Van Duong has become the fifth Vietnamese athlete qualified for competing in the coming Tokyo Olympics this summer.

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Heads of many universities in Ho Chi Minh City, especially medical and pharmacy, on March 6 sought the People’s Committee’s approval to reopen on March 16 after six weeks of closure due to COVID-19 epidemic.

Twenty-two foreigners, including 20 Korean and two Thai tourists, have been kept under quarantine at Da Nang’s Lung Disease Hospital since February 24.

HCMC sees four key industries weakening

Top Vietnamese female badminton players Vu Thi Trang and Nguyen Thuy Linh have won in the first round of the Austria Open.

The ASEAN Para Games in the Philippines have been delayed indefinitely because of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the Vietnam Paralympic Association (VPA).

HCM City authorities have proposed further temporary school closures until the end of March for fear of coronavirus.

A special meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) and a special conference of ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers on cooperation in responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took place in Vientiane, Laos, on February 20.