(VOVWORLD) - While imposing social distancing rules according to the government’s Directive 16, Ho Chi Minh City has made changes to achieve greater efficiency in COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, establish safe zones, and narrow high-risk areas.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam officially launched on Sunday its biggest ever vaccination program intending to vaccinate all Vietnamese people over 18. The program, which will run until April next year, prioritizes public safety.

(VOVWORLD) - A Group of Friends of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS), an initiative Vietnam and Germany launched in New York recently, has been welcomed by UN member countries. This is a forum to discuss maritime laws, narrow differences, and enhance contributions to the UNCLOS. Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel and representatives of 96 member states attended the launch of the initiative.

(VOVWORLD) - "If you don't get the vaccine, the vaccine will come to you." This is the message that the Brussels Municipal Immunization Commission sends to the people of the Jette district on the vaccine bus. Vaccine bus is an initiative of the Belgian capital city to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Some cities and provinces have closed their traditional markets to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading while stockpiling sufficient supplies of essential goods to ensure market stability and social security.

(VOVWORLD) - At the closing session of the 3rd plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee on Thursday, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered a speech giving an overview of the outcome of the plenum. He emphasized a number of decisions to implement the Resolution of the 13th Party Central Committee. The Voice of Vietnam brings you excerpts of the speech.

(VOVWORLD) - Freedom of residence is a fundamental citizen right recognized in the Vietnamese Constitution and other legal documents. The revised Residence Law, approved by the National Assembly in November 2020 and effective from July 2021, provides greater convenience and simplified administrative procedures for residence registration thanks to digital transformation and administrative reforms.

(VOVWORLD) - HCM City and southern provinces are struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. The government and the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control are mobilizing all possible resources, loaning localities additional medical staff and making sure people have access to basic necessities.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong attended the virtual summit of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and world political parties on Tuesday. The event, themed "For the People's Wellbeing: the Responsibility of Political Parties", was attended by delegates from more than 500 political parties and organisations in 160 countries. VOV brings you a summary of Vietnamese Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong’s key note speech at the event.

(VOVWORLD) - As the COVID-19 pandemic has raged, one of the most effective countermeasures has been digital technology. The Vietnamese government has adjusted its pandemic motto from “5K+vaccine” to “5K+vaccine+technology.” The 5K rules include face masks, disinfection, distancing, no large gatherings, and health declarations