(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 10,489 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours to 5pm Thursday, taking the total number of infections to 656,129, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defense Hoang Xuan Chien and his South Korean counterpart Park Jae Min co-chaired the 9th Dialogue on Vietnam-South Korea Defense Policy in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - A forum on Vietnam’s agricultural digital transformation was held online on Thursday connecting more than 35 countries and territories.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Fatherland Front has launched an appeal calling for national unity in combating the Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has chaired an online Government conference on the building and perfection of institutions, which drew representatives of 63 cities and provinces nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam attracted 14 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of this year, only 2 percent lower than the same period last year, showing foreign investors’ confidence in its economy mid-and long term.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-raking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State as they pay an official visit to Cuba from September 18 to 20 at the invitation of Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee and Cuban President.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 5.6 billion USD worth of taxes, land rent, fees, and charges are expected to be reduced or extend payment deadlines in 2021 to assist businesses and people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam needs to modify its anti-pandemic measures and prepare to live reasonably safely with the pandemic, because the end of the pandemic may not be near if the coronavirus continues to mutate. So said the health experts who met Wednesday with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is also Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was part of Vietnam’s success as ASEAN Chair in 2020, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh says.