NDO/VNA – 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. 

NDO/VNA – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on April 1 sent a letter to NA deputies, asking them to carry forward their wisdom, enthusiasm and responsibility to stand side by side with the people, authorities and Party organisations at all levels in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NDO/VNA - The Vietnamese Government has made efforts to ensure that social welfare for the public is maintained, especially for the poor and unemployed, amid the challenges posed by COVID-19, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said. 

NDO – The request for social distancing does not mean a national lockdown as is being implemented by some countries, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung told the media on March 31. 

NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (FM) Pham Binh Minh held phone talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu on March 31 to discuss cooperation amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NDO/VNA – Providing loans with zero percent interest for business owners to pay their workers during the time the businesses have to suspend operation is one of the solutions proposed at a meeting of the Government’s standing members on March 31. 

NDO/VNA – Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, has called all concerned parties to continue pursuing dialogue and seeking long-term political solutions for the situation in Syria. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a range of stringent social distancing measures, including restricting people from leaving their homes and banning gatherings of more than two people in public. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed to declare the nationwide COVID-19 epidemic while chairing a cabinet meeting in Hanoi on March 30. 

NDO – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Teodoro Lopez Locsin discussed bilateral and regional cooperation amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic over the phone on March 30. 

NDO/VNA – The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore has liaised with relevant agencies of the host country to ask for help in visa extension and residence procedures for Vietnamese citizens who have been stranded in the country and wish to return home. 

NDO – From the end of 1944 to the beginning of 1945, a cooperative and supportive relationship between Viet Minh and the Allied forces was established (starting from the rescue of Lieutenant Shaw, an American pilot, in late 1944), leading to the US Office of Strategic Services in Kunming (China) deciding to send the Deer Team to operate in northern Vietnam at the Viet Minh’s Tan Trao battlefield. The mission of the team was to parachute into Tuyen Quang, prepare the base for the Viet Minh forces to receive weapons and act as military training advisers.