VOV.VN - The initial two months of the year witnessed as many as 33,611 domestic businesses withdraw from the market, a rise of 18.6% in comparison to the same period from last year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working with relevant ministries, sectors, localities and offices to make plans to repatriate Vietnamese citizens in a safe manner based on the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world and the country, especially the domestic quarantine capacity.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on February 25 with the US State of West Virginia regarding bilateral co-operation in economics, trade, and energy.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has confirmed to the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) about the fairness of access for the local population to COVID-19 vaccines following the first batch of the vaccines arriving in the nation.

VOV.VN - The array of new-generation trade agreements (FTAs) signed in recent times shows the country’s strong economic and international trade potential, whilst providing plenty of opportunities for Vietnam to boost development in a new context.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health posted no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases on the morning of February 25, keeping the national tally at 2,412, while the total recoveries reached a total of 1,804 after a further 14 coronavirus patients were declared free from the virus.

VOV.VN - In the long term, the nation will take steps to provide free novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for citizens in the same way it offers vaccines against epidemics in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI).

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, condemned violence and attacks targeting civilians during a UN Security Council videoconference held on February 22 to discuss the situation in Somalia and activities of the UN Assistance Mission (UNSOM).

VOV.VN -Credendo Insurance Group’s offices in Germany and Austria have published a study aimed at evaluating the level of risk in Vietnam, with the report stressing that the country is continuing to enjoy a successful economic story after its sustained efforts to containing the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A further three community cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed on February 23 morning in Hai Duong, Vietnam’s biggest coronavirus hotbed, raising the national count of local transmissions to 1,496, according to the Ministry of Health.