(VOVWORLD) - The Bank of England on Friday announced an interest rate cut to an historic low of 0.1%.

(VOVWORLD) - A 27-year-old Vietnamese man who returned from South Korea infected with the new coronavirus has recovered and was discharged from hospital on Friday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will temporarily suspend unilateral visa exemptions for citizens from Belarus, Russia, and Japan effective on Saturday to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 9 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, bringing its total to 85, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has written to leaders of ASEAN countries and New Zealand proposing that the 36th ASEAN Summit, the ASEAN-New Zealand Summit and related meetings, initially scheduled for next month in Vietnam’s Da Nang city, be postponed until the end of June.

(VOVWORLD) - Italy made headlines worldwide when its death toll from Covid-19 surpassed China's. Italy has now recorded more than 3,400 deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi KIm Ngan on Thursday praised Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Umeda Kunio for his contributions to the relations between Vietnam and Japan as well as between the two countries’ parliaments.

(VOVWORLD) - A flight carrying 164 Vietnamese citizens and 16 crewmembers from London landed at the Can Tho International Airport on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Mauritius, El Salvador and Fiji on Thursday announced the first cases of COVID-19 infection.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged Middle East states to offer more information about coronavirus cases to help bolster the fight against the disease across the region.