Việt Nam has confirmed its 14th novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection case, in the “hotspot” of Vĩnh Phúc Province, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.

The Ministry of Health officially has launched a new website to share vital and accurate information over the coronavirus outbreak.

Amid concerns over the spread of novel coronavirus, the HCM City Department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs has told a number of firms that 1,079 foreign workers who recently travelled to China and returned to HCM City to work after the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday must be quarantined.

Hundreds of young people in HCM City are calling on their friends via social media and others to visit the Blood Transfusion Haematology Hospital and Humanitarian Blood Donation Centre to donate blood to address a shortage amid the ongoing public health emergency caused by the coronavirus.

Peach blossom growers of Nhật Tân, a famous peach blossom planting village in Hà Nội, often keep contact with those who hire or buy their trees to collect them after Tết and take care of the trees for the next season.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang plans to provide vocational training to 12,000 people living in rural areas this year and jobs for 80 per cent of them subsequently, according to its Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The number of internet-borne cyberthreats in Việt Nam in the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased more than 50 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, according to Kaspersky Security Bulletin Q4 2019.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) noted that Việt Nam has been managing the outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) “very well”. 

Đỗ Văn Chiến, Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for Ethnic Minority speaks to Việt Nam National Assembly TV on new points in the National Assembly proposal regarding socio-economic development in areas inhabited by ethnic minorities