(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on Wednesday emphasized on key principles applied to cities and provinces classified into different risk groups.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s banking sector on Wednesday held an online meeting with 63 provinces and cities to seek ways to remove obstacles which have arisen during the implementation of a 12.8 billion USD rescue package for those affected by COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council and UN agencies to make a greater effort to end the vicious cycle of conflicts and food insecurity, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - One of the possible complications of a novel coronavirus patient is DIC syndrome, Dmitry Morozov, head of the Health Care Committee of the Russian Duma said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - COVID-19 has caused, in 210 countries and territories around the world, 2.5 million infections and at least 177,000 deaths, according to Worldometer as of Wednesday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - Six more COVID-19 patients were discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Wednesday, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. They will continue to be quarantined and monitored for the next 14 days

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has relied upon mobilizing society and conducted massive social closures and extensive surveillance of citizens to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has said.

(VOVWORLD) - Evidence suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in animals in China late last year and was not produced in a laboratory, WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told reporters Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Hoang Binh Quan, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, has sent letters to political parties around the world to share information about the COVID-19 situation and prevention measures in Vietnam and propose ways to cooperate in fighting the epidemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Ronan Hughes in Northern Ireland testified Tuesday before Dublin's High Court in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals whose bodies were discovered in a lorry trailer last October in Essex, England.