Pharmaceutical stocks have attracted investors since the outbreak of the disease due to rising need for medical equipment and drugs.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Vietnam from the end of January, directly impacting the domestic labour market. Unemployment therefore reached the highest rate over the last five years, Vu Thi Thu Thuy, head of the GSO’s Department of Population and Labour Statistics, said.

According to the data from the automobile registration for the first quarter of 2020, VinFast ranks as the fifth largest automobile sales in Vietnam.