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Hanoi (VNA) – In the face of complex developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an urgent meeting with officials of relevant ministries and sectors in Hanoi on January 27 to discuss countermeasures. The Government leader pointed out that Vietnam faces high risks of being affected by this dangerous and rapidly spreading disease, against which there hasn’t been a vaccine, since it is a popular destination of Chinese tourists and shares a long borderline with China. He requested that relevant agencies, sectors and localities must not be subjective or underestimate the disease so as to ensure the ultimate goal of protecting people’s health and lives, curb the virus from spreading on a large scale, and minimise deaths from this disease. He told them to prevent fears in the public as well as discrimination against patients or people of foreign nationalities. “Fighting the nCoV-caused … [Read more...] about Fighting nCoV like fighting enemy: PM

On December 12 Pham Quang Hung, head of the international relations department at Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training, said the ministry has joined hands with its Korean counterpart to investigate. It would first check if the students had gone to South Korea through illegal agents, he said. … [Read more...] about Why Vietnamese students end up working illegally in South Korea

Downside risks for Asian sovereigns would be mitigated by large financial buffers and easing of other macroeconomic risks. The signing of the US-China Phase One trade deal and a pause in tariffs has reduced policy uncertainty, and signs of improved activity among manufacturers and exporters in Asia are increasing. … [Read more...] about Wuhan coronavirus could negatively affect Vietnam’s economy: Fitch