(VOVWORLD) -Economic growth could be “sacrificed” partly to protect people’s health and lives in the context of the novel coronavirus epidemic, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

(VOVWORLD) -According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam’s total import and export turnover in January stood at 36.6 billion USD, representing a fall of 16.2% against the same period last year.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced the UN’s plans for 2020 at an annual press conference at UN headquarters in New York.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged a joint effort to deal with the coronavirus (nCoV) epidemic during a phone call with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is a socio-economic model for developing countries, the Algerian press said this week in articles praising Vietnam’s achievements during nearly 35 years of “Doi moi” (renewal) under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Van Don International Airport will be the only entry point in the north for Vietnamese returning from coronavirus areas, according to an order by the Prime Minister.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night delivered his 3rd State of the Union speech, the last one of his presidential term.

(VOVWORLD) - Drastic actions must be taken to fight acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), but they must not affect Vietnam’s socio-economic development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Wednesday at the Government’s regular meeting for January in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The new coronavirus outbreak, which began in China and has spread to more than 20 countries and territories is not a pandemic, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Chinese authorities have imposed travel limits in two more cities Taizhou and Hangzhou in Zhejiang. In addition, the Chinese government has accepted assistance from US experts in the WHO mission to help find solutions to control nCoV.