Việt Nam News

A teleconference of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting on preventing and combating COVID-19 is scheduled for early April this year.

The Vietnamese Government has decided to suspend cross-border activities of individuals at main and secondary border gates, and trails in border areas with Cambodia and Laos from April 1 as part of measures to effectively prevent the spread of COVID-19.  

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh and Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. discussed co-operation between the two countries amid the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic during recent phone calls.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, who is also the Chair of the 41st General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41), has called on the organisation’s members to join hands in COVID-19 fight.

The PM said this is a crucial time to fight COVID-19 and asked the political system and authorities at all levels to concentrate on the battle.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday condemned Chinese’s establishment of two research stations on Đá Chữ Thập (Fiery Cross Reef) and Đá Xu Bi (Subi Reef) which are parts of Việt Nam's Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended the G20 emergency video summit on Thursday during which leaders of the 20 major economies discussed coordinated responses to the widening COVID-19 pandemic.

In her closing remarks, NA Chairwoman Ngân emphasised the need to step up the use of information technology in management and online public services and limit meetings of big crowds amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday sent a letter to staff of the health care sector lauding their contributions to the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged young people to get more involved in the fight against the COVID-19 at a working session with the Secretariat of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee in Hà Nội on Wednesday, a day ahead of the union’s founding anniversary.

National Assembly (NA) deputies on Tuesday agreed the Law on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Investment must create conditions to ensure quality of public services and take advantage of investment from the private sector.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc met with outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Việt Nam Umeda Kunio in Hà Nội on Tuesday and said the two countries’ relations had grown stronger during the diplomat’s tenure.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held talks with his Czech Republic counterpart Andrej Babis by telephone on Monday to discuss their efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc ordered a thorough review of all entrants – Vietnamese and foreigners alike – into Việt Nam since March 8 to discover COVID-19 infection cases and prevent community spread.

The controversial debt collection service was discussed by deputies of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Monday.

The US highly evaluates efforts made by the Vietnamese Government in the prevention and control of the novel coronalvirus (COVID-19) pandemic, describing it drastic, transparent and effective.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee (CPVCC) has sent a message of congratulations to the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) on the occasion of the 65th founding anniversary of the LPRP (March 22).

The Vietnamese Government late Saturday announced that it would temporarily halt entry to all foreigners, starting 00:00 March 22, citing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.