(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane has sent a letter of congratulations to Vuong Dinh Hue on his election as Chairman of the 15th National Assembly of Vietnam on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Indian and British navies have begun their annual joint exercise in the Bay of Bengal.

(VOVWORLD) - UK Secretary of State for Defense Robert Ben Lobban Wallace on Thursday lauded Vietnam’s expanding role in the region and globally, exemplified by its contributions to UN peacekeeping operations.

(VOVWORLD) - Secretary of Hanoi’s Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung said Thursday that Hanoi has raised its COVID-19 alert to a higher level and is ready for any scenario.

(VOVWORLD) - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday sent a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on the occasion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics which are widely anticipated and followed in Vietnam and globally.

(VOVWORLD) - Three quarters of Singapore's COVID-19 infections in the last four weeks were among vaccinated individuals, government data shows, as a rapid ramp-up in the city state's inoculations leaves fewer people unvaccinated.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 1.2 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Tan Son Nhat airport in HCM City on Friday morning, according to the Health Ministry.

(VOVWORLD) - HCM city will tighten its coronavirus restrictions in the next two weeks, ramping them up in certain areas by banning people from leaving their homes.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi, HCM city and Phu Quoc have made it onto the global list of 100 greatest places to explore on Earth as voted by Time magazine.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam aims to use 100% of environmentally-friendly plastic bags and packaging at shopping malls and supermarkets by 2025, according to a project approved by the Government on Thursday.