(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.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has carried out flexible, creative diplomacy in the first half of this year to achieve the dual task of containing the pandemic and boosting socio-economic growth. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, Vietnam has promoted vaccine diplomacy to realize the government’s vaccine strategy.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent days, Hanoi has recorded a number COVID-19 infections transmitted within the community or coming from pandemic-hit areas outside Hanoi. To keep the virus from spreading locally, municipal authorities have stepped up its pandemic control measures.

(VOVWORLD) - July 12 marked the 5th anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)’s ruling on the Philippines’ lawsuit against China on disputes in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam.) Here is an interview with Dr. Rodion Ebbighausen - Deutsche Welle editor, DW Asia desk, and South China Sea expert.

(VOVWORLD) - Some Mekong Delta provinces are preparing to quarantine F1 cases - people who have had contact with a COVID-19 patient.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday attended an online informal meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders. The President's attendance affirms Vietnam's voice and role in APEC and promotes regional and global cooperation in pandemic response and economic recovery.

(VOVWORLD) - Local administrators, ministries, sectors, and businesses have taken steps to ensure that supplies of basic necessities and fresh food will reach HCM City during the COVID-19 pandemic.