(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported an additional 10 Covid-19 cases by 6pm Friday, so the total number of infection cases is now 163, said the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam is still under control, according to an online meeting held on Friday morning by the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - The Voice of Vietnam Friday presented 21,000 USD to support doctors and nurses, who are taking care of Covid-19 patients at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday issue a directive on more aggressive measures to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, which is exponentially spreading in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh city authorities have vowed drastic measures to keep the number of COVID-19 cases under 150.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined a G20 leaders’ video conference on COVID-19 prevention and control held Thursday evening on the initiative of Saudi Arabia, which holds the G20 presidency.

(VOVWORLD) - Major airlines in Japan say they are considering suspending or cutting more international flights after Japan's foreign ministry issued a travel alert for the entire world on Wednesday, and urged people to refrain from making non-essential overseas trips.

(VOVWORLD) - The Bank of England kept its primary interest rate at 0.1 percent Thursday, a week after cutting the rate to a record-low level to combat economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Friday, 199 countries and territories around the world had reported more than 530,000 Covid-19 infections, 24,000 deaths, and 123,000 recoveries.

(VOVWORLD) - Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US reached more than 82,000 on Thursday, surpassing China and Italy and making the US the nation with the most novel coronavirus cases in the world.