(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday suggested that Japan continue to support ASEAN in narrowing the development gap, promoting equitable, inclusive and sustainable development in underdeveloped regions, including the Mekong sub-region through the Japan-Mekong cooperation framework.

(VOVWORLD) -World Travel Awards (WTA) has unveiled major awards in the global travel and hospitality industry this year, honoring Vietnam as Asia’s Leading Destination.

(VOVWORLD) -The upgrade of Terminal T2 of Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi will need more than 218 million USD so as to raise its annual capacity from 10 million to 15 million passengers, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

(VOVWORLD) -Country Gender Equality Profile Vietnam 2021 (CGEP), the first comprehensive report on the gender equality situation in Vietnam, was released at a meeting on Tuesday by the UN Women, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, the Asian Development Bank and the International Labor Organization.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson on Tuesday agreed to soon recognize each other's electronic health passports (vaccine passports) to facilitate the resumption of trade and tourism between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) -The Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) will be used to inoculate children aged 12 to 17 nationwide, starting in November, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for promoting the ASEAN-US strategic partnership in all three aspects: security, socio-economic recovery, and sustainable and inclusive development as he addressed the 9th online ASEAN-US Summit on Tuesday with ASEAN leaders, US President Joe Biden and the ASEAN Secretary General in attendance.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that trade between Vietnam and New Zealand will reach 2 billion USD in 2024.

(VOVWORLD) - Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on Tuesday met with Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev and held talks with Vice President Iliana Iotova as part of her official visit to the European country from Monday to Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 3,595 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday according to the Ministry of Health.