(VOVWORLD) - As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected economic growth and investment promotion, many localities have taken action to help businesses and household traders overcome difficulties. Specific measures cover fiscal policies, consultation, investment incentives, and administrative reform.

(VOVWORLD) - Last Thursday General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong delivered an appeal to all Vietnamese people at home and abroad to step up COVID-19 prevention and control efforts. He called on the Party and the people to embrace the Vietnamese tradition of mutual support and national unity to generate the strength and confidence needed to defeat the pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The US has announced that its combat mission in Iraq will end by the end of this year. But it’s not a unilateral withdrawal decision as in Afghanistan. The US and Iraq have come to an agreement with strategic intentions from both sides.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Construction has setting up a special working group for COVID-19 prevention and control. The working group has provided quarantine sites with essential infrastructure and helped HCMC and Vietnam’s southern provinces build field hospitals.

(VOVWORLD) - Since Vietnam joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 26 years ago, it has proven itself a responsible member who plays a proactive role in the regional structure, working for peace and prosperity. Vietnam has worked with other members to build the people-centered ASEAN Community.

(VOVWORLD) - During the spreading COVID-19 outbreak and the social distancing that has been mandated in response, the Vietnamese government has been helping struggling people stabilize their lives.

(VOVWORLD) - Since HCM City imposed the most stringent social distancing under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16, people in central Vietnam have been sending agricultural products to those unlucky people who now find themselves in a pandemic hotspot.

(VOVWORLD) - One of this week’s major international diplomatic events was the two-day visit to China’s north-eastern port city of Tianjin by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. The visit was expected to help break the current deadlock and open up prospects for better relations between the two nations.

(VOVWORLD) - Hung Yen longans are famous in Vietnam and exported to the world. As the COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for farmers to sell their longans through traditional channels, e-commerce has provided a new channel though which the fruit can reach customers here and abroad.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is one of the countries that have been most successful in containing the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to a united effort by the political system and the public. Since the 4th wave of the pandemic began to surge in April, the Vietnamese government has stepped up its efforts to keep the pandemic contained.