(VOVWORLD) - The 76th United Nations General Assembly on Friday hosted a high-level commemorative event to mark the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Poland and the Czech Republic will jointly apply to the European Commission for additional funds to cover the costs of hosting Ukrainian refugees, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesia is the first leg of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s trip to Southeast Asia, where leaders of the countries discuss their bilateral cooperation and world issues of common concern including Ukraine and the East Sea (known internationally as the South China Sea).

(VOVWORLD) - Russian gas deliveries to Europe on three main pipeline routes were stable on Friday, Reuters has reported.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang on Friday said that Vietnam asks China to respect Vietnam’s sovereignty while replying to reporters’ question about China’s three-month fishing ban in the East Sea, internationally known as South China Sea, including the waters of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic is being well controlled, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said on Friday at a regular Government meeting for April in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - Dr Kidong Park, outgoing Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam, has been honored with the insignia “For the Health of the People” by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Signature and OCOP products of Da Nang are on display at more than 40 booths as part of a promotion program at a public park on Tran Hung Dao Street.

(VOVWORLD) - Ministry of Health reported on Friday that there were 6,068 new COVID-19 cases in 59 provinces and cities across Vietnam, a decrease of more than 1,000 cases in the past 24 hours. 3,225 recoveries were announced within the day.

(VOVWORLD) - India’s largest airline IndiGo will reopen its flights to Vietnam from May 23, with a frequency of five flights a week, on two routes from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Kolkata.