(VOVWORLD) - UNESCO has recognized Nui Chua national park and Kon Ha Nung plateau of Vietnam as global biosphere reserves.

(VOVWORLD) - A website was launched recently at http://doantaukhongso.vn to trace the itinerary of the secret unnumbered ships that carried ammunition and supplies to the south along the Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea during the war.

(VOVWORLD) - From 5 p.m. on Tuesday to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Vietnam recorded two more imported COVID-19 cases and 10,583 domestic cases in 34 provinces and cities. Ho Chi Minh City reported 5,301 cases, Binh Duong 3,228 cases, Dong Nai 808 cases, and Hanoi detected just 14 more cases.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has reiterated the Party, State and Government’s faith in Vietnamese intellectuals and said he believes that scientists will continue to make more contributions to national construction and development.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday thanked the Government and people of Japan for supporting Vietnam’s COVID-19 response, saying Vietnam respects and appreciates Japan's noble gesture.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam to pay an official visit to Cuba from September 18-20, Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. The visit will be made at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel.

(VOVWORLD) - The members of K-pop superstar boy band BTS have now taken on a formal diplomatic role as “special presidential envoy for future generations and culture.”

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s economy will recover on the back of solid growth achieved in the first half of 2021 after the lockdown is lifted, Dorsati Madani, Senior Economist at the World Bank (WB) Vietnam, said.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles toward the Sea of Japan on Wednesday. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that North Korea might have fired two ballistic missiles across its east coast. Japan Coast Guard said the objects might be ballistic missiles which dropped outside its exclusive economic zone.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has stressed the need to ensure the Party's absolute and comprehensive leadership over internal affairs agencies in general and the armed forces in particular. This is a decisive factor to ensure the successful completion of all assigned tasks, he said.