(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has contained the COVID-19 epidemic but its impacts have damaged the incomes of workers. Creating jobs in the post-epidemic period is high on the agenda of the ongoing National Assembly meeting.

(VOVWORLD) -The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the US-China conflict to flare up, changing the global political and economic picture.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic has drawn international praise. For more than 40 days Vietnam has had no new cases of community transmission and not a single COVID-19 death has been reported. As a second wave of the epidemic begins to appear in many countries, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Response and public health experts are urging strengthened preventive measures.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is implementing several programs to promote the trade and export of farm products now that the COVID-19 epidemic has been contained in the country. These programs increase the connectivity between farmers and enterprises.

(VOVWORLD) - Following its success in containing the COVID-19 epidemic, Vietnam is returning to the ‘new normal’. Although the global supply chain was broken by the epidemic, Vietnam is already emerging as a prime destination for a new wave of investment. It is hurrying to implement measures to boost its digital economy to welcome this investment.

(VOVWORLD) - Revisions to the Law on Investment are being discussed at the current National Assembly meeting. The revised law will specify Vietnam’s commitments to global integration and improve its economic competitiveness.

(VOVWORLD) - In the Middle East, which has been a smoldering hot spot for decades, recent destabilizing developments are threatening to ignite a new major conflagration.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese lawmakers are conducting online discussions during the first two weeks of the National Assembly’s mid-year session. It’s not just in response to COVID-19 but also a result of the top legislative body’s determination to adapt to the Industrial Revolution 4.0.

(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic is a deep and lasting shock at global level; we all know that returning to “business as usual” is not an option. It is imperative that we perceive the crisis as anopportunity to rebuild – and even improve – livelihoods in a sustainable way. High on the agenda is restoring harmony to humanity’s relationship with nature, and particularly with biodiversity.

(VOVWORLD) - As COVID-19 begins to show signs of abating, many European countries have begun to relax their lockdowns. But the EU is split over when and how to reopen its borders. The 1985 Schengen Treaty on the gradual abolition of border checks is now at stake.