(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered a speech at the 2021 Global Trade in Services Summit via video co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the Beijing municipal administration on Thursday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - Stringent social distancing measures will continue in high risk areas (red zones) in Hanoi after September 6, according to the municipal Party Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 13,197 new infections of COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the total tally to 486,727.

(VOVWORLD) - Australia and France voiced serious concerns about the situation in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam) in a joint statement following their recent 2+2 Ministerial Consultations.

(VOVWORLD) - A new maritime law enacted by the Chinese government this week could pose a "serious threat" to freedom of navigation and free trade, Newsweek cited the Pentagon.

(VOVWORLD) - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines successfully piloted the IATA Travel Pass on a flight from Hanoi to London on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend and deliver a speech at the 2021 Global Trade in Services Summit via a video on Thursday evening at the invitation of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam resolutely and persistently takes measures in accordance with international law to exercise and protect its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.

(VOVWORLD) - The Voice of Vietnam's south central region transmitting station in Ninh Thuan province was inaugurated on Wednesday, broadcasting to the East Sea area and neighboring provinces to promote Vietnam’s seas and island sovereignty.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union will need to engage with the Taliban but it will not rush into formally recognising the Islamist militant group as the new rulers of Afghanistan, a senior European Union official said on Wednesday.