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.
16-02-2020 11:32
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for tightened control over online discussion and increased policing to ensure "positive energy" and social stability, state media said Saturday (Feb 15), as the country struggles to contain the deadly new coronavirus.
15-02-2020 08:54
COVID-19 has scattered Chinese football clubs across the globe, with homesick players training for a season that has no start date and teams from other countries too scared to play them.
14-02-2020 14:48
Under the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, foreign tourist arrivals in Vietnam may fall by 50 – 60 percent during the epidemic period, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
14-02-2020 09:50
Chinese tech giant Huawei was hit on Thursday (Feb 13) with fresh US criminal charges alleging a "decades-long" effort to steal trade secrets from American companies.
13-02-2020 15:53
Amid the serious development of acute respiratory infection caused by the new strain of coronavirus over the past couple of months, Vietnam’s healthcare sector has taken the initiative in prevention and fight against the epidemic at all levels. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Long, Deputy Minister of Health, discussed with VIR’s Bich Thuy the initial success in treatment as well as future action plans required in order to thwart the spread of the virus.
13-02-2020 15:51
Despite global oil prices experiencing a tumultuous week due to the huge drop in Chinese oil demand, some Vietnamese oil and logistics businesses remain positive about the future.
13-02-2020 15:49
Authorities of Mong Cai city in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on February 12 presented medical equipment to China’s bordering Dongxing city to help with the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
13-02-2020 09:26
The Chinese Grand Prix scheduled for Apr 19 has been postponed because of the "continued spread" of the coronavirus, motorsport's governing body FIA announced Wednesday (Feb 12).