(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Embassy in the US has confirmed that two American citizens of Vietnamese origin have died in the US after contracting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the first deaths within the Vietnamese community there and the first Vietnamese to die from COVID-19 anywhere in the world.

(VOVWORLD) - Sanitizing booths to help fight the Covid-19 outbreak were introduced in Ho Chi Minh city on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The WHO office in Vietnam has published a video clip with gratitude to those involved in the fight against COVID 19 in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -6,000 people are expected to return to Vietnam from epidemic countries on Wednesday, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Red Cross Society is raising a fund to support people affected by salt intrusion, droughts, and the Covid-19 epidemic from now until April 30th.

(VOVWORLD) -17 organizations and businesses plus 15 banks have donated 10 million USD to the fight against Covid-19 pandemic since Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc launched a fund raising campaign via the Vietnam Fatherland Front on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an online conference Wednesday to review 10 years of implementing Vietnam’s national food security project until 2020.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree, approving a nationwide vote on the constitutional amendments on April 22.

(VOVWORLD) - A vaccine for Covid-19 is expected to enter clinical trials in mid-April, Yi Chengdong, deputy director of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission said Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union on Tuesday imposed an entry ban on travellers from outside the bloc for 30 days, except for nationals of EFTA countries and Britain amid the spread of the new coronavirus. The bloc was taking coordinated action to bring back stranded travellers.