(VOVWORLD) - Sa Pa, a famous tourist attraction in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, welcomed a record number of 98,000 visitors during the National Reunification Day and May Day holiday, a 122-percent rise over the same time in 2019 before COVID-19 broke out, according to the Culture-Information Division of the town.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is head of the National Steering Committee for Organising the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), on Tuesday inspected the preparation work for the upcoming regional sports games in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 2,709 new cases of COVID-19 and no death on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden would "love to visit Ukraine," but there are no current plans for him to do so, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Monday, after House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid a surprise visit over the weekend.

(VOVWORLD) - Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council of Myanmar on Monday held an online call to discuss ways to expedite the implementation of ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States is continuing to closely monitor North Korea for signs of additional provocations while sharing such intelligence with South Korea, a US Department of Defense spokesperson said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam earned more than 8 billion USD from garment and textile exports in the 1st quarter, up 20% against the same period last year.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s stock market has been recovering since the end of last month as investors’ trust is gradually restored thanks to authorities’ efforts to tackle manipulation.

(VOVWORLD) - The number of investment funds in Vietnam has risen 60% compared to the 2019-2020 period, mostly from Singapore, the US and Japan.

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has set the target of raising health insurance coverage to 95% by 2025.