(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue received new Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Shawn Perry Steil in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The national COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,396.205 with 3,342 new cases recorded on the past 24 hours to 4pm Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam asked countries and international organizations to respect its national sovereignty in Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagoes as well as related waters defined by the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan will start preparations for 'two-plus-two' talks between its foreign and defence ministers and their Indian counterparts early September, the Nikkei reported on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The first US Ambassador to Sudan in 25 years took up his post Wednesday in the latest easing of ties since Washington removed Khartoum from its state sponsors of terrorism list.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan has hailed the importance of mechanization in agricultural development.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam ranks 20th out of 201 global markets in terms of economic openness. According to market researcher Fitch Solutions’ Vietnam Trade & Investment Risk Report, Vietnam’s economy scored 74.6 out of 100, higher than the Asia average of 46 and global average of 49.5.

(VOVWORLD) - NA Chairman Vuong Dind Hue has reiterated that Vietnam treasures the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership and considers the US one of Vietnam’s most important partners.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Panko group to help raise Vietnam-South Korea trade to 100 billion USD in the coming time.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran has received a response from the US to its proposals for a final draft of the agreement to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, its foreign ministry said.