NDO/VNA – Russian radio Sputnik has lauded the Vietnamese Government’s prompt response to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, especially its decision to declare a nationwide epidemic and social-distancing order. 

NDO – Deputy Director General Tran Dinh Lieu of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has granted Nhan Dan Newspaper an interview regarding the removal of difficulties for businesses and ensuring social insurance benefits for employees amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. 

NDO – Such catchy slogans as “fighting the pandemic is like fighting the enemy” and “each citizen must be a soldier in the battlefield against the disease” have become popular amongst the public over the past two months, as have images of Party and Government leaders busy with urgent meetings and conferences on COVID-19 prevention and control. 

NDO – The Covid-19 pandemic has broken out around the world, causing over 720,000 infection cases and nearly 35,000 deaths in over 200 countries and territories, and this figure shows no sign of stopping. 

NDO – The Prime Minister signed Decision 447/QĐ-TTg dated April 1, 2020 to officially declare COVID-19 a nationwide epidemic. 

NDO – A local business and a university have sponsored the purchase of 2,000 Humming Vue Plus ventilators from Metran Co., Ltd. in Japan for donation to Vietnam’s health sector in treating COVID-19 patients. 

NDO/VNA - Up to 62 percent of respondents in Vietnam say that their government is doing “right amount” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the biggest public survey on COVID-19 conducted by the Berlin-based Dalia Research. 

NDO/VNA - The Vietnamese Government has decided to suspend cross-border activities of individuals at main and secondary border gates, and trails in border areas sharing with Cambodia and Laos from April 1 as part of measures to effectively prevent the spread of COVID-19. 

NDO/VNA - The Ministry of Transport has asked airlines to stop carrying passengers to Vietnam as from 00:00 of April 1 until the end of April 15 as part of measures to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NDO – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has said that it has purchased 100,000 antigen-testing bio-products (to test for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2), ensuring the country has enough bio-products to diagnose and expand testing for all citizens. 

NDO/VNA – Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have adopted multiple new farming models to adapt to climate change, which has helped them cope with the severe saltwater intrusion. 

NDO - A set of stamps themed ‘Joining hands to fight against COVID-19’ was issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications on March 31. 

NDO/VNA – The relentless efforts by the Vietnamese Government and people in the fight against COVID-19 over the recent past have been recognised many newspapers and experts around the world. 

NDO – There are 31 patients have tested negative for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, twice or more, among the 149 confirmed cases being treated at 22 medical facilities across the nation, a health official has confirmed.