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A Japanese man who died at a hotel in Hanoi has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of infection cases Vietnam to 2,229, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday morning.

Exports from six Southeast Asian countries fell 2.2 percent in 2020 from a year earlier to a combined 1.35 trillion USD, a relatively marginal decline despite COVID-19, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

33 more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,228, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday evening.

The People's Committee of HCM City has directed all educational establishments in the city to remain closed and resume online study until Feb 28.

Đà Nẵng authorities are building a detailed plan for the city's first international duty-free zone and smart urban area for investors, with construction set to commence soon as the Import-Export Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) has asked the city to

Vietnam’s digital economy is expected to reach 43 billion USD by 2025, according to the e-Conomy Southeast Asia report from Google, Temasek and new partner Bain & Company.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam called for sustaining vigilance against COVID-19 though the number of daily infection cases tends to decrease over the past four days.

As many as 12,302 employees working at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Hanoi Department of Health announced.

A record 12.4 million people in war-torn Syria are struggling to find enough food to eat, the UN food agency has said, in an increase it described Saturday as "alarming".

53 more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,195, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday evening.

Vietnam’s information and communications sector must seize the special opportunities presented by COVID-19 to help the country take the lead in digital transformation, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung has said.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has decided to levy a temporary anti-dumping tax of 33.88% on sugar imported from Thailand.

A health ministry panel in Japan on Friday approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. as the first batch of doses arrived in the country, officials said.

Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has emphasised the need to offer COVID-19 vaccine to peacekeepers, particularly those at high risk, such as medical workers at field hospitals and forces operating in areas severely

For the first time the beauty of Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street, usually HCM City’s most visited place during Tết (Lunar New Year), can be enjoyed online at duonghoanguyenhue.vn.

72 traffic accidents occurred in the first three days of the Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday 2021, killing 46 people and injuring 37 others.

Developing new Covid-19 vaccines will fail to end the pandemic unless all countries receive doses in a fast and fair manner, disease experts warned Saturday.

The Covid-19 patients at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have been infected by a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, the A.23.1, which was recorded for the first time in Southeast Asia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a visit to armed forces in the central city of Da Nang on February 12, the first day of the Lunar Year of the Ox.