(VOVWORLD) - More than two years after COVID-19 was first detected on December 8, 2019, the pandemic has raged around the world, claiming thousands of lives each day and causing the worst ever global socio-economic crisis.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have co-organized an international consultation workshop on the draft voluntary mid-term report on the implementation of UPR third cycle recommendations. Vietnam’s voluntary mid-term report and its candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2035 tenure shows Vietnam’s respect for and full participation in the UPR, and its wish to contribute actively, responsibly, and effectively to the global effort to promote and protect human rights.

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has approved a project to strengthen IT application and digital transformation in trade promotion until 2030. The project aims to effectively develop and operate an ecosystem for trade promotion to improve the performance of businesses, cooperatives, business households, and trade promotion agencies.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered a key note speech at the National Conference on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, underlining the necessity to modernize Vietnamese diplomacy while safeguarding national interests.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is developing a green and sustainable economy by reducing plastic waste. Speaking at a recent Press Award event on “Mitigating marine plastic debris”, co-organized by VOV, the UNDP, and the WWF, a representative from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said that the Vietnamese government pays special attention to the problem in revising its environmental protection policies and laws.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s agriculture has strongly restructured toward higher added value and sustainable development. Besides achievements, the agricultural sector is facing a lot of challenges. It needs support from donors and partners to enhance technological application in agricultural production.

(VOVWORLD) - The Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Group of 7 (G7) reached a new milestone when, for the first time, it invited the foreign ministers of ASEAN countries, except Myanmar, to attend a combined face-to-face and online meeting on Sunday in Liverpool, the UK, in order to foster economic and political ties between the G7 and ASEAN.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue began an official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Sunday at the invitation of Speaker of the Korean NA Park Byeong-seug. The visit is an opportunity to boost bilateral economic, trade, investment, and labor cooperation and people-to-people exchanges. The Vietnam-RoK Strategic Cooperative Partnership is expected to grow strongly in the near future.

(VOVWORLD) - Pho is a symbol of Vietnamese cuisine. Since 2018, December 12 has been observed as the Day of Pho to honor Vietnamese cuisine at home and elsewhere in the world.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is currently on an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) at the invitation of Speaker of the Korean National Assembly Park Byeong-seug. On this occasion, Mr. Hue granted an interview to the Korea Herald, the ROK’s largest English-language daily, on relations between Vietnam and the ROK.