(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, chaired an UN Security Council meeting on Friday on addressing challenges of children without parental care in conflict settings.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 13,998 cases of COVID-19 in 57 localities during 24 hours as of 4pm Saturday, including 5 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - A gala night to mark 45 years of bilateral diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Thailand and Thailand’s National Day was held on Friday at the Hanoi Opera House.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung told the press that President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visits to Switzerland and Russia were successful.

(VOVWORLD) - The US Treasury on Friday released its report “Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the US”, which concluded that Vietnam met all three criteria under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act) during the period under review. The Department refrained from branding Vietnam as manipulator. The report was published on the website of the US Treasury Department.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane will pay an official visit to Vietnam from December 6 to 8, according to the NA’s External Relations Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 2,000 young migrant workers returning to Vietnam due to COVID-19 have received supports on knowledge, life skills, and job transition under a project between the Youth Union and the UN Population Fund.

(VOVWORLD) - Cuban health authorities said that Cuban researchers are upgrading its homegrown COVID vaccines to ensure protection against new variant Omicron.

(VOVWORLD) - The new Omicron variant of Covid-19 could slow the global economic recovery, just as the Delta strain did, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Efforts must be redoubled to return to the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Iran’s nuclear program.