(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has become more respected internationally thanks to its successful organization of the 36th ASEAN Summit amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Vietnam facilitated online discussions on boosting ASEAN cooperation and development in the coming months. The success of last week’s summit has raised Vietnam’s prestige.

(VOVWORLD) - June 28 is observed as Vietnam Family Day. The Vietnamese culture has always valued the family as the setting in which to nurture and develop the personality of each individual and as the foundation for social development.

(VOVWORLD) - High on the agenda of the ongoing 36th ASEAN Summit is improving ASEAN Community cohesiveness. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam, as ASEAN Chair, has worked hard to promote the bloc’s solidarity and unity.

(VOVWORLD) - International experts and media have been trying to explain Vietnam’s extraordinary success in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. Vietnam has gone 70 days with no new community transmissions, almost all of its Covid-19 patients have recovered, and there has not been a single Covid-19 death in Vietnam. The truth refutes those who try to deny Vietnam’s achievements.

(VOVWORLD) - For the past 20 summers, young Vietnamese people have been going to remote and disadvantaged areas to help the local communities.

(VOVWORLD) - The ASEAN Leaders’ Special Session on Women’s Empowerment in the Digital Age will take place on Friday within the framework of the 36th ASEAN Summit. This special session is an initiative proposed by Vietnam to affirm a commitment to gender equality and expand the role of women in building the ASEAN Community. It’s part of Vietnam’s effort to ensure women’s rights.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s fruit growers in northern Vietnam are seeing bumper crops of lychees and mangoes being exported to many countries around the world.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN General Assembly last week elected 5 non-permanent members to the UN Security Council for the 2021-2022 term. The new term won’t begin until next year, but the Council and its newly-elected members – India, Mexico, Norway, Ireland, and Kenya – are already aware of challenges and expectations.

(VOVWORLD) - Patient 91, Vietnam’s most critically ill Covid-19 patient, has been recovering well since he was transferred from the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases to Cho Ray Hospital. Associate Professor Doctor Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department of Medical Treatment Management, said the patient can now breathe by himself. The doctors say he can be transferred from intensive care to the rehabilitation ward.

(VOVWORLD) - In 2015 the UN General Assembly designated June 21 as Yoga International Day. In Vietnam, the 6th Yoga International Day is being celebrated in several provinces cross Vietnam until Sunday.