(VOVWORLD) - 25,322 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam fully recovered on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health. This was the highest number of recoveries reported so far bringing the total to 608,831.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh says the UK is one of Vietnam’s leading trade partners in Europe and that the two countries need to work closely to fully exploit the Vietnam-UK Free Trade Agreement.

(VOVWORLD) - Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday ordered the filing of three new diplomatic protests against China over a series of unlawful actions taken by Beijing in the East Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked Thua Thien Hue province to accelerate institutional building, human resource development, administrative reform and infrastructure development.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday received Ambassadors of Uruguay, Finland and Austria who came to present their credential letters.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia has reported 857 new coronavirus-related deaths, a single-day record since the pandemic began. The daily death toll, the second consecutive day a record was hit, brings Russia's total deaths from COVID-19 to more than 206,000.

(VOVWORLD) - S-Health, the first-ever mobile app that provides free health advice and services to the elderly and their caregivers and family members, was launched on Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Vietnam’s Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Solar and wind energy in Vietnam grew much faster in 2020 than the world’s average, according to a recent report released by a key research team on renewable power.

(VOVWORLD) - Fumio Kishida, the new leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, decided to appoint former Economy Minister Amari Akira Party Secretary-General on Thursday, an important post second only to President. Akira is currently head of the LDP's Research Commission on the Tax System.

(VOVWORLD) - The Voice of Vietnam and the Voice of Indonesia co-hosted a webinar on Wednesday to share tips for keeping journalists safe from COVID-19 in their workplace.