(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam and the US have reached an agreement on control of illegal logging and timber trade that will avoid hefty tariffs on Vietnamese timber exports, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 5,490 new COVID-19 ìnfections, including 13 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Religious followers and dignitaries and social beneficiaries of the Khmer group in Kien Giang province have received greetings and congratulations on the occasion of their traditional Sen Dolta festival.

(VOVWORLD) - According to a report by Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB), Vietnam’s GDP growth rate was only 1.5% in the third quarter, mainly due to the restrictions to contain the fourth COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Vietnam's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has stressed the importance of UNICEF, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and other international partners, in supporting humanitarian aid in Ethiopia.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has approved the national science and technology program on research and production of vaccines for human use by 2030.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai on Friday signed and promulgated Directive 18 on adjusting COVID-19 prevention and control measures and gradually recovering socio-economic development in the city.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has approved the "National strategy on green growth for 2021-2030, with a Vision to 2050" with the aim of reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions per GDP, and greening economic sectors.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong says recent calls by North Korea to drop what it calls hostile policies toward Pyongyang is a unilateral demand that cannot be accepted.

(VOVWORLD) - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken will visit Paris next week as part of Washington’s efforts to patch up relations with France after it was excluded from a new strategic pact and lost a submarine deal with Australia.