(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam received 3.7 million foreign visitors in Quarter 1 this year, 18% less than last year.

(VOVWORLD) - Restaurant, stores, and entertainment spots in Ho Chi Minh City have been closed temporarily to slow down the spread of Covid-19.

(VOVWORLD) - The novel coronavirus or Covid-19 has infected more than 598,000 people and killed at least 27,400 worldwide. More than 133,000 patients have recovered, according to worldometers.info by Saturday noon.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2020 grew 3.82 percent, the lowest pace during the 2011-2020 period, head of the General Statistics Office Nguyen Bich Lam said at a press conference in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang on Friday thanked enterprises, social organizations, and individuals for supporting workers and trade union members amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The Government Committee for Religious Affairs has asked all religious organizations to cancel all gatherings as an effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday hosted a reception for newly-accredited Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Embassy in the US is taking measures to support Vietnamese citizens amid concern about complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic in the US and new regulations of many countries, including Vietnam, regarding entry-exit and aviation transport.

(VOVWORLD) - Six new Covid-19 patients were detected after the last announcement, raising the total number of cases in Vietnam to 169 as of 06:30 am on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on Friday asked local residents to promptly detect outbreaks and ensure prompt quarantine.