Vietnam is building the worst scenario for COVID-19 as its neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos are struggling with surging infections, including putting their capital cities on lockdown.

For the time ahead, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will keep a proactive and flexible monetary policy basing on market developments and forecasts for the macro-economy, SBV Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu told a meeting on April 22.

As the COVID-19 pandemic may continue to develop in an unpredictable fashion despite vaccination campaigns being carried out in many countries around the world, experts have said that Vietnam needs to identify and adopt a long-term plan for post-pandemic economic recovery.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese Government delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi capital on April 23 for Jakarta, Indonesia, to attend a Leaders’ Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

VOV.VN - Eight people, including two foreign citizens, have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on April 23 morning.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Demeke Mekonnen, during their phone talks on April 22, discussed bilateral cooperation and coordination at multilateral forums on the occasion of both nations’ 45th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed the detection of four new imported novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, thereby raising the national infection tally up to 2,816, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The administration of Quang Ninh province have initiated plans to hold 27 culture and tourism events running until mid-May, aiming to welcome the return of visitors following a hiatus caused by the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has donated a total of 800 ventilators, two million medical masks, 300,000 N95 masks, along with other medical equipment to Cambodia in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the neighbouring country.

VOV.VN - The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed its appreciation to the Vietnamese Government on April 21 for providing a sum of US$300,000 in humanitarian aid to assist the neighbouring country in its ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.