(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam demanded on Friday that e-medical declaration will be made mandatory for all passengers who will enter Vietnam from 6AM Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - South Africa has confirmed its first suspected case of COVID-19. The patient is a 38 year-old man who traveled to Italy with his wife.

(VOVWORLD) - The government has issued a resolution on the strategy for sustainable development of Vietnam’s marine economy until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

(VOVWORLD) - An extra 1.5 million oil barrel per day will be cut in the second quarter of this year to revive falling oil prices due to the global Coronavirus outbreak, OPEC announced on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey and Russia agreed on Thursday to a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib region after a 6-hour talk between their leaders in Moscow to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in three months.

(VOVWORLD) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group have pledged to provide billions of dollars of emergency financing for member countries that could seek support in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries, sectors, and localities to stay vigilant, resolute, and persistent in combating the Covid-19 epidemic.

(VOVWORLD) - In its program on Wednesday, the Sputnik radio of Russia praised Vietnam’s efforts to combat the Covid-19 epidemic saying Vietnam has become a phenomenon in the world with 16 positive cases cured and no deaths having been reported.

(VOVWORLD) - The ASEAN Coordination Council’s Working Group convened its 9thmeeting in Da Nang on Thursday to discuss East Timor’s preparation for ASEAN membership.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres built on his impassioned call earlier in the day for Syrian Government forces backed by Russia, who are attempting to drive the last opposition forces out of Idlib, backed by Turkish forces, to “step back from the edge of further escalation.