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Currently, there are many foreign nationals living and working in Vietnam. In the context of the COVID -19 pandemic, British Ambassador Gareth Ward and Consul General Ian Gibbons sent messages to these citizens to help them keep themselves and those around them safe.

Due to the complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic, many tourism service providers have been operating under a tight budget, and to stop the spread of the deadly virus, some have closed.

Fitch Solutions has recently revised down Vietnam’s economic growth in 2020 to 6.3 per cent from 6.8 per cent previously due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

In the wake of COVID-19, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been looking at solutions and prevention measures, and one of them is televised lessons to protect students and stop the spread of the epidemic.

Tourism is among the sectors being hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic, causing headaches for both firms and authorities.

A Hanoi takeaway is making burgers with a twist. The burger buns are crafted to look like the coronavirus.

The Foreign Ministry has called on Vietnamese citizens abroad to refrain from travels between countries and to Vietnam in current time, amid the complicated developments of COVID-19.

The Ministry of Transport late March 23 sent an urgent dispatch to the Civil Aviation Administration of Việt Nam requesting the suspension of the transport of Vietnamese from foreign countries to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City, starting from 0:00am on March 25.

Bamboo Airways said it will coordinate with the Czech Embassy in Vietnam to operate a special flight from Hanoi to Prague on March 25 to transport European citizens who want to return home.

Two Vietnamese students and a woman have test tested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, bringing the country's COVID-19 tally to 94.

As of March 21, Vietnam recorded 92 cases of Covid-19 infection, including 17 who have fully recovered.

Two nurses from Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital have become the first medical workers in Vietnam to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, said the Ministry of Health on March 20 afternoon.

A COVID-19 patient, the 18th case in detection order in Vietnam, was declared cured and allowed to go home on March 20.

The Ministry of Health on March 18 evening confirmed another case tested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, bringing the total of the number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam to 76.