The cruise liner Westerdam carrying 1,250 tourists docked at the central city’s Tiên Sa Port on Sunday morning, marking the first cruise to visit the city in the lunar New Year.

Twelve patients are currently in quarantine at Đà Nẵng General Hospital with fever, including seven Chinese nationals, four Vietnamese and one from the Czech Republic, as the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread worldwide.

For five years, Trần Thị Nhài and her family members in Giao Thịnh Commune, Giao Thủy District (Nam Định northern province) has raised and trained peacocks know how to dance beautifully.

All travellers entering Việt Nam from China must fill out health declaration forms at the border gates from Saturday as part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus. And flights between Việt Nam and Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the outbreak, have all been grounded.

At the stroke of midnight as the Year of the Rat began, the first babies of 2020 were born across Việt Nam.

Born to a farming family in the Mekong Delta’s Tiền Giang Province, a young scientist was determined to pursue his passion for aquaculture.