Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urges businesses to jointly fight Covid-19 and boost economic growth at a meeting in Hanoi on March 12, 2020 (Photo: VNA)

He urged Vietnam’s 800,000 private businesses and millions of individual business households to take preventative measures in the workplace and protect employees’ health. The Prime Minister said that, based on the initiatives, the government will offer more appropriate policies and a better investment environment to create new markets and keep macroeconomics stable. He urged businesses to make an effort to recover quickly because China, South Korea, and Japan will be back in the race soon.