(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national teleconference to review COVID-19 pandemic control effort and discuss social economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will visit Japan next week, becoming the first foreign leader PM Kishida Fumio will host since he took office earlier last month, announced Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan Matsuno Hirokazu on November 19.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City has established the Center for Infectious Diseases Research under the International University (one of its affiliates).

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has met with 16 children who participated in a contest to draw pictures and compose literature works under the theme “For a victorious Vietnam”.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a new-school-year opening ceremony at the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences on Saturday. On behalf of the leaders of the Party and State, President Phuc extended his best wishes to all teachers and students.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 4 p.m. on Thursday to 4 p.m. on Friday, 9,625 new infections were recorded in Vietnam. 8 cases were imported and 9,617 cases were recorded domestically in 57 provinces and cities, down 592 cases compared to the previous day.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has informed voters in Can Tho City of the results of the 15th National Assembly's year-end session. During an online meeting on Friday, the Prime Minister in the Government Office in Hanoi was connected with 57 communes, wards and townships, nine districts and Can Tho City Party Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - Quang Nam province in Central Vietnam on Friday welcomed first foreign visitors in the new normal period under a pilot plan.

(VOVWORLD) - Ceremonies were held on Friday across Vietnam to remember those who lost their lives to COVID-19. The event in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City began at 8 pm and was broadcast live on VTV1. It was hosted by the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Ho Chi Minh City’s People Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union (EU) on Thursday launched a Green Team Europe Initiative in partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen on Thursday during the 3rd ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Sustainable Development held in Jakarta, Indonesia.