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Vietnam rises strongly from Covid, keeps inflation down as 77 national day celebrated

Vietnam's exports were US$216bn and imports were US$215bn

September 2, 2022 2 min read

Vietnam's Vinfast unveils electric vehicles, expects to ship from 2022

Vinfast unveiled a crossover and SUV, VFe35 and VFe36

November 21, 2021 1 min read

Vietnam deploys military to support lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City as deaths climb

On August 23, 11,208 new confirmations and 737 deaths were announced

August 23, 2021 2 min read

Vietnam's Vingroup brings Remdesivir to treat Coronavirus patients

Vingroup also produces ventilators and exports components

August 7, 2021 1 min read
Vietnam to impose night curfew in Ho Chi Minh City as Coronavirus surges

The situation was extremely dangerous and it was imperative to use stronger measures, city boss says

Vietnam gets 2mn Moderna vaccines from Biden, second AstraZeneca million from Japan

Vietnam gets first delivery of 31mn Pfizer doses

Vietnam Deputy PM joins human trials of homegrown Coronavirus vaccine

Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who heads the country's anti-Coronavirus task force has volunteered for the hu...

April 5, 2021 2 min read

Vietnam's stable exchange rate is key to FDI-driven export economy Moody's says as Sri Lanka downgra...

Vietnam stable exchange kept around a 3 percent trading band by the central bank has been a key ingredient of the countr...

April 2, 2021 4 min read

Vietnam city in Covid-19 lockdown, airport shut after Coronavirus surge, stocks plunge

Vietnam locked down a city and closed a regional airport and ordered nation-wide caution, after 82 Coronavirus cases wer...

January 28, 2021 5 min read

Vietnam monetary policy for stability not trade PM tells Trump after false US charges of Dong 'manip...

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has explained State Bank of Vietnam (central bank) monetary policy in a telephon...

December 24, 2020 4 min read

Vietnam, Cambodia finds Coronavirus in the community ending Covid-19 free period

Vietnam has found Coronavirus patient in the community after 87 days from a quarantine leak involving a flight attendant...

November 30, 2020 2 min read

Vietnam among fastest to grow in the world, IMF says after refusing to 'live with Covid-19'

Vietnam's gross domestic product will grow at 2.4 percent in 2020, one of the fastest rates in the world the Internation...

November 28, 2020 6 min read

Vietnam records second Coronavirus death, cracks down on China illegals to block Covid-19 entry

Vietnam has recorded the second official death of a Coronavirus patient as a 70-year old kidney patient died from an ex...

July 31, 2020 2 min read

Vietnam's epic battle to save UK pilot bring results amid zero Covid-19 mortality

A near three month struggle by doctors in Vietnam to save a UK pilot working for the national airline has passed a key ...

June 5, 2020 4 min read
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Vietnam keeps Covid-19 mortality rate zero so far with artificial lung (ECMO) support

Vietnam has kept mortality rate low in a Coronavirus crisis with zero deaths recorded as of April 28, pulling back aged ...

April 28, 2020 4 min read

As Vietnam re-opens economy after contact tracing, restaurants innovate Covid barriers

Restaurants in Vietnam, probably the most successful country in the world in battling Coronavirus, have devised ways to ...

April 26, 2020 2 min read
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Vietnam relaxes Coronavirus controls as China threats rise

Vietnam, a global leader in the fight against Coronavirus had relaxed its 'social isolation' allowing people to move mor...

April 23, 2020 4 min read

US warns China not to 'exploit' virus for sea disputes

The United States on Monday warned China not to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to exert itself in the South ...

April 6, 2020 2 min read