(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the WorldShare organisation have recently signed a cooperation agreement to build 73 flood-resilient houses for poor households affected by storms in the central province of Quang Binh.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 15,743 new infections of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to the Health Ministry.

(VOVWORLD) - The world had recorded 355 million COVID-19 infections and 5.6 million deaths as of Tuesday, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, the US State Department reaffirmed Monday, after Tehran said it would consider such an option.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has proposed that Vietnam and the US increase contact and dialogue, and boost economic, trade and investment cooperation within the Trade and Investment Framework Agreements (TIFAs).

(VOVWORLD) - The top leaders of Vietnam and China agreed to maintain regular exchanges, and orient further developments of relations between the two countries in the spirit of neighborliness, friendship, comradeship and partnership.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh city hopes to welcome 3.5 million foreign visitors and tens of millions of domestic tourists in 2022.

(VOVWORLD) - Burkina Faso's army said it took control of the country on Monday, deposing President Roch Kabore, dissolving the government and parliament, suspending the constitution, and closing the country’s borders.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed completely reopening international tourism activities starting on May 1 this year.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited veteran revolutionaries on Tuesday, and presented gifts to disadvantaged and COVID-infected people in the north central province of Thanh Hoa ahead of Tet, the traditional Lunar New Year Festival.