(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang spoke on the phone with his New Zealand counterpart Peeni Henare on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged for stronger administrative reform to reach targets in the 5-year socio-economic development plan until 2025.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received newly accredited foreign ambassadors in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia is ready for an honest and mutually respectful dialogue with the US and still hopes relations with Washington will return to normal, Alexander Darchiyev, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s North America department, told the Interfax news agency on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a US ban on Russian oil and gas imports in response to Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will continue to open its economy and integrate into the global economy, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on said Tuesday during a working session with the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and representatives from 50 US firms operating in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has gone extra miles in achieving its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG5 on Gender Equality, says Elisa Fernandez Saenz, UN Women Representative in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the UN, has called for building the capacity of women at local, national, and international levels in order to promote sustainable peacebuilding and women's economic empowerment.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health has proposed to temporarily stop announcing new COVID-19 cases on a daily basis to the public amid case spike.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 162,435 new infections of COVID-19 on Tuesday.