02-03-2020 14:46
Samsung Electronics Vietnam announced that it started construction of its largest R&D centre in Southeast Asia at the new township of Tay Ho Tay in Hanoi, Vietnam.
02-03-2020 11:17
Hyundai Motor suspended production at one of its factories in South Korea's southeastern city of Ulsan after a worker tested positive for coronavirus, a union source said on Friday (February 28).
02-03-2020 09:48
All passenger flights from South Korea to Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat international airports have been halted since 12 am on Sunday due to complicated development of the COVID-19 epidemic, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
29-02-2020 10:52
The Government of Viet Nam has announced visa-waiver program for nationals of South Korea will be temporarily suspended from February 29 in the wake of COVID-19 epidemic.
29-02-2020 09:52
South Korea confirmed 594 more coronavirus cases on Saturday (Feb 29), the biggest increase to date for the country and taking the national total to 2,931 infections with three additional deaths.
28-02-2020 15:14
K-pop megastars BTS on Friday (Feb 28) cancelled four Seoul concerts due in April as the number of COVID-19 cases in South Korea passed 2,000.
28-02-2020 09:06
North Korea has postponed the new school term to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, reports said on Thursday (Feb 27), the latest measure as the ill-equipped country ramps up efforts to prevent a devastating outbreak.
27-02-2020 16:36
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) confirmed that the flight attendant infected with the virus was on the flight with a Korean pilgrimage group to Israel, multiple members of which were confirmed to be infected with COVID-19.
26-02-2020 10:18
Hanoi will impose quarantine measures on people arriving from or going through Daegu and North Gyeongsang, areas with COVID-19 outbreaks in the Republic of Korea.
26-02-2020 10:15
Twenty-two foreigners, including 20 Korean and two Thai tourists, have been kept under quarantine at Da Nang’s Lung Disease Hospital since February 24.
26-02-2020 10:09
The Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) said on February 25 that it has asked travel firms to stop receiving tourists from countries hit by COVID-19 in the face of new complicated development of the disease in the Republic of Korea and Japan.
26-02-2020 09:04
South Korea's COVID-19 case total jumped well into four figures on Wednesday (Feb 26) as authorities reported 169 new infections, taking the overall tally to 1,146.
25-02-2020 15:35
Airlines are issuing a moratorium on flights between Vietnam and South Korea, cancelling and reducing the number of flights at least until the end of March.
25-02-2020 11:45
Global and Vietnamese stocks have been gripped by an overall negative sentiment as the COVID-19 epidemic rears up in a growing number of economies. While a few stand to benefit, investors are largely cautioned to hold their bets.
25-02-2020 11:44
A Samsung mobile factory in South Korea has halted operations due to a coronavirus infection, while its Vietnamese facility is said to work at full capacity.