Scientists from the School of Biotechnology and Food Technology under Hà Nội University of Science and Technology have developed a novel coronavirus (nCoV) test kit which provides results in 70 minutes instead of four hours like the current method.

A total of 30 Vietnamese citizens have returned to the country from Wuhan – the epicentre of the coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak on a special flight in the early morning of February 10.

The Việt Nam Administration of Forestry has instructed province and city agriculture departments around the country to carefully monitor wildlife imports amid the public health emergency caused by the new strain of coronavirus.

HCM City authorities have identified urban infrastructure development as the key factor in meeting the city’s economic targets in 2020-25.

They were on flight OZ731 of Asian Airlines from Seoul in South Korea to Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City last Tuesday.

A specialist field hospital has been set up in HCM City to deal with the outbreak of novel coronavirus.