(VOVWORLD) - The 2021 Vietnam Annual Economic Report entitled “Repositioning Vietnam in Global Dynamics” was unveiled on Thursday by the Vietnam National University - University of Economics and Business.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s export earning hit 27 billion USD in July, up 8.4 percent year-on-year. The General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on Thursday that Vietnam’s export revenue has reached over 185 billion USD since early this year, marking a yearly rise of 25.5 percent.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Hoc Mon and Cu Chi districts in Ho Chi Minh City to encourage frontliners and the public in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

(VOVWORLD) - In his appeal to Vietnamese people at home and abroad, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for united efforts in Covid-19 prevention and control given the serious impact of the pandemic on public health as well as socio-economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang and visiting US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday agreed that Vietnam and the US will continue to promote defense ties.

(VOVWORLD) - Defense Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met on Wednesday in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe to discuss regional security challenges and the situation in Afghanistan.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Thursday morning, the world had recorded more than 196.6 million COVID-19 cases and 4.2 million deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - Major General Nguyen Dinh Tien, Deputy Commander of Military Zone 5, on Wednesday inspected the construction of the Ministry of National Defense’s field hospital No.4 in Khanh Hoa province.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met on Wednesday in Geneva to discuss their nations’ perceptions of threats to strategic stability, prospects for new nuclear arms control, and reducing the risk of armed conflict.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a reception for Cuban Ambassador Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén in Hanoi on Thursday, during which Mr. Chinh underlined Vietnam’s relationship of friendship and trust with Cuba.