(VOVWORLD) - From 4pm on Thursday to 4pm on Friday, the National System of COVID-19 Case Management recorded 20,076 new cases, a decrease of 2,936 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health said. The number of recoveries in the day was 6,417, bringing the total number of recoveries to 8,863,044.

(VOVWORLD) - Ukraine said on Friday that it had exchanged a number of captured soldiers with Russia in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Friday had a high-level telephone conversation with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and leader of the Indian People's Party.

(VOVWORLD) - Loc Troi rice has penetrated the EU market but under a European brand name. A Loc Troi trademark labeled on its exported rice would mean the rice quality is certified and growing volume is highly possible, said Philipp Roesler, Former Vice Chancellor of Germany.

(VOVWORLD) - Top press works of various categories were honored at the closing ceremony on Friday of the 2022 National Press Festival. Themed “The Vietnamese press - united, professional, modern, and humane,” the festival was co-organized by the Vietnam Journalists Association and the Hanoi People's Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - Export and import activities between Vietnam and Australia have been busy so far this year.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam book and reading culture festival 2022 opened in Hanoi on Friday for Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day (April 21) and the World Book and Copyright Day (April 23).

(VOVWORLD) - 1,000 domestic and foreign economists and officials discussed digital economy and future development at the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum 2022 (HEF 2022) on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health has proposed two scenarios for future COVID-19 prevention and control.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has affirmed the strategic importance of the northern midland and mountainous region in terms of politics, economics, culture, society, national defense, security and foreign affairs as the western and northern gateway of the country.