(VOVWORLD) -The army will develop a COVID-19 prevention and control plan based on a scenario for the outbreak at five levels in a bid to effectively deal with the epidemic, said Deputy Minister of National Defense Tran Don.

(VOVWORLD) - The Defense Ministry has received more than 16,000 Vietnamese and foreigners for quarantine, according to a meeting of the Ministry’s steering committee on Covid-19 response on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry announced a new Covid-19 case, Vietnam’s 34th, on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A 58-year-old British man, who toured the ancient town of Hoi An after sharing a London-Hanoi flight with Hanoi’s first Covid-19 patient, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

(VOVWORLD) - UN economists have warned that the rapid escalation of the coronavirus outbreak could cost the global economy from 1 to 2 trillion USD this year.

(VOVWORLD) - All residents of Ha Long City in Quang Ninh province need to fill out health declaration forms starting Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Facebook has announced they are temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit public concerns about the new coronavirus.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has sufficient capability, resources and experience to control the COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed at a meeting on Monday in response to the developments of the disease in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - As the Covid-19 epidemic spreads around the world, Vietnam has decided on compulsory health declarations beginning on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has officially entered the second phase of the fight against COVID-19 since the 17th case was detected two days ago, and this phase is even more difficult than the first one, but the country is ready to respond to any circumstance, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said on Sunday.