(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has allowed the popular resort island of Phu Quoc to receive foreign visitors from October on a trial basis. By the time Vietnam reopens to foreign visitors, many countries in the region have resumed tourism activities.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Saturday will begin an official visit to Cuba. He will also attend the UN General Assembly’s 76th session in New York. The President's week-long trip demonstrates Vietnam's external policy of "independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, diversification and multilateralization of foreign relations."

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued technical guidance on developing personal QR codes on platforms and applications that serve the fight against COVID-19. Using a single personal QR code for each individual on all platforms and applications will make it easier for users and management agencies to check and trace data.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked internal affairs agencies to uphold the motto “Taking people as the root” in their mindset and activities. Speaking at a national conference of internal affairs agencies to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, Mr. Trong said the agencies need to work closely with the people, center on the people, consider the people the master in national renovation, construction and defense, and aim to ensure the people’s peaceful and happy life.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam held a special meeting with experts and scientists on new approach to handle the COVID-19 pandemic as many countries around the world are adjusting measures to suit reality.

(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected everyone’s life. Special support from the government has helped ethnic minority people stabilize their lives and resume production.

(VOVWORLD) - Many localities in Vietnam have imposed social distancing rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic. People in lockdown areas have been having a difficult time, but they are not forgotten by their countrymen. They have gotten help from the government and from other communities. Zero-Dong shops and Zero-Dong cars organized by businesses and social organizations have brought essential goods to poor people in these areas.

(VOVWORLD) - The 13th Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam Economic Ministers’ Meeting (CLMV EMM 13) was held online on September 10 under the chairmanship of Myanmar. The meeting is an important channel for cooperative efforts by ASEAN countries to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and recover the regional economy.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday launched a program to provide computers and telecommunications services to students and schoolchildren whose families are in difficult circumstances, especially those living in areas hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is part of the national effort to improve human resources and increase productivity and competitiveness.

(VOVWORLD) - On Sunday National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation concluded their trip to the 5th World Conference of Speakers and Parliaments in Austria. The tour of Europe also brought him to Belgium, Finland, and the European Parliament to enhance Vietnam’s multilateral diplomacy.