(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam calls on countries and relevant sides to make efforts to address the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday sent a thank-you letter to his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison for Australia’s donations of COVID-19 vaccine and medical supplies to Vietnam’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - From 5pm on Tuesday to 5pm on Wednesday, Vietnam recorded 4,363 new infections, of which 7 were imported and 4,356 were locally-transmitted in 40 provinces and cities.

(VOVWORLD) - Former US president Donald Trump was left off the Forbes 400 list of America’s richest people for the first time in a quarter-century, the magazine reported Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Tim Leelahaphan, Standard Chartered’s economist for Thailand and Vietnam, said Vietnam had been affected by the pandemic like other countries in Asia and other parts of the world, but the bank remained bullish on the country’s economic prospects.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam holds great potential in medical tourism development as it boasts a lot of mineral hot springs and mud, and has many areas with temperate climate.

(VOVWORLD) - As an ASEAN member state, Vietnam commits to international cooperation to ensure security and safety of cyber space.

(VOVWORLD) - Google has debuted Google Cyber Security Center in Vietnamese in collaboration with the Vietnam National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

(VOVWORLD) - Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom will organize joint military drills called BERSAMA GOLD 21 from October 8-16 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Five Power Defense Arrangements.

(VOVWORLD) - The 21st Annual Senior Officials Meeting on Minerals (ASOMM 21) opened via videoconference on Wednesday with the participation of representatives from 10 ASEAN countries and the ASEAN Secretariat.