Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered cancellation of meetings and events with more than 20 people over the next several weeks as part of preventive measures against the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 26 evening joined a G20 leaders’ video conference on COVID-19 prevention and control held as an initiative by Saudi Arabia which holds the presidency of G20.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh presented the Friendship Order to Japanese outgoing ambassador Umeda Kunio during a ceremony in Hanoi on March 25.
Fifty five provinces and cities nationwide have submitted reports, with action plans and scenarios to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak at five levels, according to the domestic market department.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 20 stressed the need to regulate price of pork by the market price with certain management, and to prevent speculation and unreasonable price hiking in this sector.
Organisations, businesses and individuals in Hanoi have so far donated more than 4.1 billion VND (nearly 176,300 USD) COVID-19 relief effort, said the Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF Hanoi) on March 20.
As of March 12, Vietnam had recorded 39 COVID-19 infection cases, 16 of whom had been given the all-clear and discharged from hospital and the rest being quarantined and treated at different hospitals.
Vietnam reported 10 more Covid-19 cases by 7.30 pm March 8, raising the total number of infection cases in the country to 30, according to the Ministry of Health.
Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh hosted a reception for a delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) in Hanoi on March 5.
Facing the urgent COVID-19 situation, Vietnam has carried out an array of measures to contain this disease, which has won over praise from the international community.
The northern border province of Quang Ninh on February 20 presented items as support for the neighbouring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.
After more than a month of living in fears due to the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Hanoi residents calmly return to their normal life thanks to the Government’s urgent and drastic measures to prevent and control the disease.
Amid the spread of Covid-19, public security officers at international airports are shouldered with intense pressure of preventing any penetration of the disease into Vietnam while protecting themselves.
Vietnam sent medical equipment and supplies to China on February 9 to help fight the acute respiratory disease caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
According to the World Health Organisation, nearly 30 countries and territories have reported confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, including six in Southeast Asia.
Vietnam has planned drastic measures to support exports following the suspension of cross-border trade with China due to the novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Feb.4 chaired a working session between the government’s standing board and leaders of relevant ministries on the result of nCov prevention and control.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
