(VOVWORLD) - Amazon is considering dropping Visa as partner on its US co-branded credit card after earlier confirming it would stop accepting Visa credit cards in the United Kingdom as a dispute over payments intensified.

(VOVWORLD) - Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned this week.

(VOVWORLD) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest soared 22% in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government's annual report showed on Thursday, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro's assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has reported additional 10,223 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours as of 4 pm on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Counsellor Phan Ho The Nam, political coordinator of the Vietnam Permanent Mission to the UN, has highlighted the importance of dialogue seeking a comprehensive political solution to the situation in Afghanistan.

(VOVWORLD) - On Wednesday, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev and US national security adviser Jake Sullivan agreed to work on improving mutual relations between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - 100 young entrepreneurs and startup advisers attended on Thursday a forum on international startups organized by the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, along with ASEAN and Chinese leaders, will attend a special summit commemorating the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-China relations on November 22 via videoconference.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam aims to have its securities market in ASEAN’s top 4. The Finance Ministry announced the target in a conference on Thursday to leverage the stock market as a channel for investment and wealth accumulation.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has closely followed developments in the region and the world and international relations including the recent US-China summit on November 16, said Vietnam Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.