(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine will continue talks in an online format.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health urgently requested that local authorities across the country scrap healthcare declaration at all border gates for people entering the nation starting from April 27.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will remove the requirement of a domestic health declaration because epidemiological tracing is no longer necessary as the country is returning to normalcy, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said at a Tuesday online meeting on the organization of COVID-19 vaccination.

(VOVWORLD) - Since its establishment over the past 30 years, the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans has helped more than 25.8 million people with disabilities and orphaned children with a total funding of over 235 million USD.

(VOVWORLD) - Moscow on Tuesday said it was expelling three Swedish diplomats after Stockholm expelled three Russian diplomats over the conflict in Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday it had halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in roubles.

(VOVWORLD) -A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and offered incense at the Martyrs’ Monument in Hanoi on Wednesday on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30).

(VOVWORLD) -President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the dedication, responsibility and devotion of the Vietnamese peacekeepers whose contributions have brightened the image of the country and people of Vietnam, who love peace and work for prosperity and development of the human community.

(VOVWORLD) -The northern province of Quang Ninh has led the way for provincial competitiveness among all 63 localities and cities nationwide for the fifth consecutive year, according to the ranking announced on Wednesday by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Nguyen Van Trung, on behalf of the Government of Vietnam, and Cook Islands High Commissioner to New Zealand Elizabeth Wright-Koteka on Tuesday signed a joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two sides in Wellington.