Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung has symbolically handed over 550,000 made-in-Vietnam antibacterial masks as gifts from the Vietnamese Government and people to help their counterparts of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The North-South trains are currently the most optimal means for many passengers when they need to travel in the context of coaches and taxis are not operating and the aircraft is operating only in limited time slot.
Support policies for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic need to be carried out immediately as they are facing a raft of difficulties, according to Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.
Singapore on April 6 announced a new stimulus package worth 5.1 billion SGD (3.55 billion USD) including wage support, waiver of levies and one-off payments to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man extended Easter greetings to Christian dignitaries, priests, nuns, and followers nationwide on April 6.
Only 23.6 percent of construction companies in Vietnam had a greater demand for workers in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter, while 20.1 percent said they needed fewer workers, a survey by the General Statistics Office (GSO) found.
The COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world like a tsunami in 2020, and along with it, a giant underwater wave named Fake News also came to the surface. In the fight against viral fake news, journalists are at the centre, with the task of countering misleading information.
Permanent Cabinet members deliberated the social welfare package for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during their meeting in Hanoi on April 5.
Over the past few weeks, while a large number of overseas Vietnamese students have returned home amid COVID-19 concerns, others have decided to stay on in their host countries. They believe if they are equipped with adequate information, they will overcome the pandemic. More in the following!
Vietnam exported 7.5 million tonnes of cement and clinker in the first quarter of this year, earning 291 million USD, reported from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2-caused acute respiratory disease (COVID -19) pandemic has cost many real estate firms trillions of VND from their market capitalisation value.
Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son emphasised the importance of international cooperation in the COVID-19 fight during the third phone talks with leaders of the ministries of foreign affairs of the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), India, Australia and New Zealand on April 3.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said though social lives have slowed down, those involved in COVID-19 prevention and control and administrations at all levels, especially the health sector, must speed up work and take more drastic actions to combat the pandemic.
The Ministry of Health of Malaysia announced on April 3 that the country recorded an additional 217 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing its total number of confirmed cases to 3,333.
Vietnam’s economic growth rate is expected to slow sharply to 4.8 percent this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, said a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on April 3.
The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said on April 3 that Malaysia’s economic growth could shrink as much as minus 2 percent to 0.5 percent this year as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
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