A reader of Dantri/DTiNews has donated VND1bn (USD42,300) to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases where many patients with SARS-CoV-2 are being treated.

The Government will take more drastic actions to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the next one month, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said while concluding the government's regular meeting for March on April 1.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs have proposed to the government to allow over 8,459 foreign experts and specialists to arrive in Vietnam for work.

The agricultural, forestry and fishery sector enjoyed nearly US$2.9 billion in trade surplus in the first quarter of 2020, up 48.9% over the same period last year.

A six-week-old infant has died of complications relating to COVID-19, the governor of the US state of Connecticut said Wednesday, in one of the youngest recorded deaths from the virus.

Four new Covid-19 infection cases have just been announced, raising the total number of patients in Vietnam to 222 as of Thursday morning.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee announced on April 1 that over 683 billion VND (28.9 million USD) has been raised from organisations and individuals since the fundraising campaign for the COVID-19 fight was launched.