VOV.VN - Budget carrier Bamboo Airways announced that it will launch the first repatriation flight to bring back Vietnamese citizens stranded in Ukraine’s war zones on March 9.

VOV.VN - Gold bar prices in Vietnam skyrocketed to more than VND67 million per tael, the highest recorded figure in history on March 2 after nosediving to VND66 million per tael the previous day.

VOV.VN - The decision by Western allies to remove Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system will not only affect Russian payments, but also many other countries globally, including Vietnam, according to experts.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese representative to the United Nations has called on parties concerned to hold dialogue and protect civilians in Ukraine amidst escalating tensions in the country.

VOV.VN - As of March 1 approximately 200 Vietnamese citizens have been evacuated from war zones in Ukraine with support from the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese community in Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged the Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance and its provincial/municipal chapters to strengthen market supervision and monitoring in the face of COVID-19 and armed conflict in Ukraine.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked domestic airlines to prepare resources and set out plans to repatriate Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine.

VOV.VN - The Russian currency (RUB) has begun to depreciate over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, resulting in a string of cancellations by Russian tourists wishing to visit Vietnam and greatly impacting the plans of local travel agencies.

VOV.VN - Bamboo Airways has developed plans to bring home Vietnamese citizens from Ukraine if it gets the green light from authorities, according to a CEO of the budget airline.

VOV.VN - The nation is extremely concerned about the ongoing armed conflict occurring in Ukraine and calls on all relevant parties to exercise restraint, to avoid using force, and to continue dialogues as a means of seeking peaceful solutions.