(VOVWORLD) -Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Sunday met with his Lao, Thai, and Cambodian counterparts as they are attending the 7th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bagan, Myanmar.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam on Sunday added 511 new cases of COVID-19, down 219 cases compared to Saturday and the lowest number of new cases in the past 12 months.

(VOVWORLD) -Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Sunday that Russian forces and the Luhansk region administrations had captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Lysychansk and now have "full control of Lysychansk and other nearby towns, particularly Belogorovka, Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantseve and Bila Hora".

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Public Security is issuing new popular passports without electronic chips to Vietnamese citizens at home and abroad from July 1.

(VOVWORLD) - A corneal transplant network has been established among 12 hospitals in the central and Central Highlands, and Hue Central Hospital since July 1.

(VOVWORLD) - Thua Thien-Hue province and the family of General Nguyen Chi Thanh inaugurated General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum at No.144 Dang Thai Than street, Hue city, on Saturday to mark the General’s 55th death anniversary.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Oversea Bank of Singapore (UOB) has revised up Vietnam’s 2022 GDP growth forecast to 7.0% from 6.5%, assuming no further severe domestic disruptions from COVID-19, and projected growth of around 7.6 – 7.8% in the second half (H2) of the year.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's fishery exports earned 5.8 billion USD in the first half of this year, up nearly 41% over the same period last year, which is a record high growth rate, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

(VOVWORLD) - Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Saturday signed a decree to impose a month-long state of emergency in Karakalpakstan, where riots broke out one day earlier relating to constitutional amendments.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s official visit to Hungary and the UK from June 26-30 received much attention from the Italian media. The articles focused on the positive cooperation results between Vietnam and European countries, especially in trade and investment, and highlighted Vietnam's outstanding achievements in human rights.