(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam calls for the settlement of security and humanitarian challenges in West Africa and the Sahel, said Minister Counselor Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam treasures and will make positive contributions to the ASEAN-EU strategic partnership, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of SOM ASEAN Vietnam, said at the annual ASEAN-EU Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) that was held online on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) held an online conference Thursday to launch a program to spend more than 320 million USD to help businesses pay employees’ salaries and reinvest once the COVID-19 pandemic is under control.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council is holding an emergency closed meeting to discuss the crisis in Haiti following the murder Wednesday of President Jovenel Moise.

(VOVWORLD) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday that most UK troops have left Afghanistan almost 20 years after the UK and other Western countries sent troops there.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden said Thursday the US military mission in Afghanistan will end by August 31, and called on Afghanistan’s leaders to “come together” to prevent civil war.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam recorded 603 new local Covid-19 cases Friday noon, with HCMC accounting for 479 cases.

(VOVWORLD) -Award-winning Vietnamese film 'Rom' is set to hit cinemas in Japan this Friday, according to Tran Thanh Huy, its director.

(VOVWORLD) -Authorities in Sri Lanka and Oman have decided to extend an entry ban for arrivals from Vietnam until further notice amid rising fears over the Delta variant of Covid-19.

(VOVWORLD) - A concert featuring women artists from Vietnam, France, Germany, and Ghana will be hosted online by the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on July 17.