Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The chaired a conference on February 27 to seek measures to counter difficulties caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.

As many as 161 million USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) was poured into the southern province of Dong Nai in the first two months of 2019, equivalent to 78.2 percent of the same period last year.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,224 VND per USD on February 28, down 10 VND from the previous day.

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The dollar fell on Thursday as Treasury yields continued to plumb new lows and investors bet the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates to offset the impact of a spreading coronavirus, while the euro bounced half a percent higher.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note is trading near its record low on Thursday as concerns over the impact of the coronavirus dogged financial markets around the globe.

Oil prices continued their steep decline on Thursday, with U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude falling more than 5% at the low to $45.88 per barrel — a price not seen since Jan. 2019 — as fears of the coronavirus outbreak, and what it could mean for crude demand, continue to batter prices.

Gold prices jumped on Thursday as investors piled into safe-haven assets on mounting worries about how the coronavirus outbreak might hurt the global economy.

European stocks closed sharply lower Thursday as the rapid spread of the coronavirus weighed heavily on market sentiment.