(VOVWORLD) - Localities nationwide have strengthened measures against COVID-19 as the pandemic is spreading quickly.

(VOVWORLD) - Despite the devastating impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of this year, the UN Security Council has continued to play the leading role in maintaining global peace and security through a wide-ranging agenda. As a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in the 2020-2021 tenure and 1-month rotating Presidentof the Council in April, Vietnam has contributed its best effort to the Council’s activities.

(VOVWORLD) - Tokyo Olympics 2020 opens in Japan on Friday. 18 Vietnamese athletes will compete in 11 sports: swimming, weightlifting, judo, shooting, badminton, boxing, gymnastics, taekwondo, archery, athletics, and rowing.

(VOVWORLD) - On Friday morning, the 15th National Assembly passed a resolution to keep the government lineup the same as it was during the previous National Assembly term: 18 ministries and 4 ministerial-level agencies. The decision is considered necessary to ensure stability and enable the government to focus on fighting the pandemic and restoring production and businesses. The government has been largely successful over the past 6 months in managing the economy while containing the pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Egyptian Ambassador to Vietnam Mahmoud Hassan Nayel has written an article, underlining the long-standing friendship and relations between Vietnam and Egypt. The following is the full text of the article marking the 69th anniversary of Egypt's National Day, July 23.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has written an article entitled “Application of Ho Chi Minh Thought in legislation to fine-tune Vietnam’s law-governed socialist State” ahead of the opening of the first session of the 15th NA and the review of 5 years of implementing the Politburo Directive on following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality, and lifestyle. In his article, Mr. Hue pointed out orientations for legislative activities in building Vietnam’s law-governed socialist state.

(VOVWORLD) - Increasing risks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, non-traditional security challenges, natural disasters, and climate change, are negatively affecting the economy and people’s lives. Promoting green growth seems more important than ever to ensuring economic sustainability.

(VOVWORLD) - Southern provinces and cities have imposed social distancing under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16. Streets are deserted and only shops selling essential goods are allowed to stay open.

(VOVWORLD) - On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the arbitral tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in The Hague, issued a landmark ruling on the Philippine’s law suit against China regarding the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Vietnam. Five years later the situation in the East Sea remains unresolved. But it’s undeniable that, together with the 1982 UNCLOS, the PCA’s ruling is an important legal foundation for resolving the East Sea disputes peacefully and ensuring maritime order.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered a keynote speech at the first session of the 15th National Assembly on Tuesday. He emphasized that as the highest representative body of the people and highest state agency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the National Assembly needs to capitalize on its achievements and experiences of the past 75 years, and improve the quality and efficiency of operations to best meet the requirements and political tasks of the country in the new period. The Voice of Vietnam now brings you the gist of the Party leader’s speech.