(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.

(VOVWORLD) - As soon as the city authorities allowed certain services, accommodations, museums, and parks to reopen, tourist activities in Hanoi began to recover in line with the regulation of safe, flexible adaptation and effective containment of COVID-19. The city is promoting local specialties to lure more tourists.

(VOVWORLD) - The biggest human right in Vietnam is taking care of 100 million people so that they will have a happy and peaceful life, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 4th Industrial Revolution High-Level Forum in Hanoi. Prime Minister Chinh championed the policy of socio-economic development to best ensure human rights as Vietnam tries to contain Covid-19 enough to permit economic recovery and development.

(VOVWORLD) - Corruption has been reported in many countries around the world, including both developed and less developed countries, requiring a stronger joint effort from the international community. In Vietnam, the Vietnamese Party and State have been resolute in fighting corruption, especially since Vietnam signed the UN Convention on Anti-Corruption on December 9, 2003.

(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all aspects of life and also revealing shortcomings in the traditional methods of socio-economic management. During the pandemic, the application of information technology has helped in tracing, quarantine, testing, and vaccination as well as other disease prevention activities.