15-04-2020 10:41
The most important outcome of the Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 is the solidarity and sense of cooperation shown by all ASEAN leaders, the Korean President and Chinese Premier and Japanese Prime Minister in the joint fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, said a Korean diplomat.
28-03-2020 14:03
The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened on Saturday (Mar 28), after more than two months of almost total isolation.
23-03-2020 12:29
While Chinese manufacturers are announcing intentions to begin exporting medical face masks to help deal with the global COVID-19 pandemic, their choice of starting point, Vietnam, may prove a tough cookie, with little demand unmet by local producers.
28-02-2020 09:36
The deadly coronavirus epidemic will cost world tourism at least US$22 billion owing to a drop in spending by Chinese tourists, the head of the World Travel and Tourism Council said on Thursday (Feb 27).
28-02-2020 08:59
Chinese telecom giant Huawei said Thursday that it would begin manufacturing radio equipment for next-generation 5G networks in France.
27-02-2020 09:10
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Feb 26) said the risk to the American people from the novel coronavirus was "very low" thanks to actions taken by his government like travel restrictions on Chinese travellers.
21-02-2020 09:21
China's efforts to control the deadly outbreak of a new coronavirus "are working", Beijing's top diplomat said Thursday (Feb 20), attributing an easing in new cases to his country's "forceful action" against the illness.
20-02-2020 11:54
Amid a bird flu outbreak in the Chinese provinces of Hunan and Sichuan, which could affect neighbouring countries at the same time as the coronavirus epidemic spreads, agricultural businesses in Vietnam have already prepared scenarios for preventing and coping with the latest threat.
19-02-2020 12:00
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic causing huge losses to the aviation industry around the world, Vietnam’s airlines are exploring different solutions, including opening new routes, to reduce the impact and dependence on the huge Chinese market.
19-02-2020 10:00
After New York and London, it's the Italian city's turn to feel the impact of COVID-19.
19-02-2020 08:53
Vietnam's inaugural Formula One Grand Prix will take place in Hanoi in April as planned, organisers told AFP Tuesday (Feb 18), avoiding the fate of the Chinese Grand Prix which was postponed over the deadly coronavirus.
18-02-2020 08:51
Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat those still battling the infection, reporting some encouraging preliminary results, a Chinese professor said on Monday (Feb 17).
17-02-2020 09:37
More than a hundred German nationals were on Sunday (Feb 16) released from quarantine at a military base near Frankfurt airport, two weeks after flying in from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
16-02-2020 12:05
More than 800 businesses and 8,700 employees have been affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
16-02-2020 11:56
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines conducted three flights on February 15 to take Chinese citizens home in accordance with their wish, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.