(VOVWORLD) - President of the 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Taib, who is Speaker of the Legislative Council of Brunei Darussalam, lauded Vietnam’s initiative to host a virtual AIPA General Assembly for the first time last year, paving the way for the Legislative Council of Brunei Darussalam to host the AIPA-42 in a similar format this year.

(VOVWORLD) - As of August 20, the total newly registered capital, capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors in Vietnam reached more than 19 billion USD equivalent to 97.9% against last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea's nuclear envoy will visit Washington this weekend to discuss issues on the Korean Peninsula, the South Korean foreign ministry said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Ethic Council has approved clinical testing results from phase 3A of the Nanocovax vaccine.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is implementing a positive and constructive foreign policy, significantly contributing to the development of Southeast Asia, said Denis Rondepierre, member of the French Communist Party (FCP) Central Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, led a delegation on Friday to inspect work in the southern province of Binh Duong, one of the hotspots of COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Britain’s COVID-19 vaccine program has prevented more than 100,000 deaths, according to Public Health England.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi always treasures and does its best to promote its great friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and close ties with the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and Lao people, said Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung on Thursday at a reception for Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang.

(VOVWORLD) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 60-million-USD financing package to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in Vietnam’s south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam, especially in remote upland districts where ethnic minority communities are located.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea and the United States wrapped up their annual summertime military drills on Thursday. The computer-simulated exercises ran for 10 days from August 16, mainly focused on defense and counterattack strategies, according to officials.