(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung on Friday held phone talks with the Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister, David Morrison, to discuss ways to promote bilateral ties and cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception for Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie on Friday, during which he spoke highly of the bilateral cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 5 pm on Thursday to 5 pm on Friday, Vietnam recorded 3,797 new cases, raising the total caseload to 857,639.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's airlines say passengers on flights under the pilot resumption plan already include the elderly and children under 18 years old.

(VOVWORLD) - 1,500 factories in export processing zones, industrial parks, and high-tech zones in Ho Chi Minh City have begun to restore production and welcome workers back after a few months of closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Nhan Dan newspaper and the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism organized a talkshow on COVID-19 tourism adaptation on Friday. Delegates discussed the tourist situation after 2 years of suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi Municipal Party Committee on Friday began to implement Conclusion 1 of the Politburo on continued implementation of Directive 5 on studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts, morality, and lifestyle.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has promulgated nearly 13,000 national standards, which have been harmonized with international and regional standards, said a science and technology senior official on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - An exhibition on Vietnam and promoting Vietnamese products to Japanese people is underway in Japan’s Kanagawa province.

(VOVWORLD) - Female entrepreneurs on Friday attended the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Forum 2021 in Hanoi which was aimed at strengthening women's economic power through supporting women-owned businesses to digitally transform to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.