(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a 26 trillion VND (1.1 billion USD) package to support COVID-19-hit people and businesses.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry announced another 147 domestic COVID-19 infections Friday morning including 118 in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) - According to the Ministry of Health, from 12h30 to 6pm on Thursday, 264 cases were reported, 18 of them were quarantined upon arrival and 246 others detected in HCM City (152), Binh Duong (42), Tien Giang (22), Quang Ngai (9), Phu Yen (8 ), An Giang (5), Da Nang (3), Ha Tinh (2), Bac Ninh (2), and Bac Giang (1), 189 cases were detected in quarantined or locked-down areas. 407 patients were discharged from the hospitals the same day.

(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 Delta variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday called on developed countries to take steps to ensure humanitarian access to crisis zones.

(VOVWORLD) - The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th anniversary on Thursday morning at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, attended by General Secretary Xi Jinping, who is also Chinese President and chairman of the Central Military Commission, as well as Party and State leaders and foreign corps. He delivered a keynote speech highlighting the Party’s achievements in the past century.

(VOVWORLD) - The Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee on Thursday sent a message to congratulate the 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China (1/7/1921-1/7/2021).

(VOVWORLD) - Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang held a phone call with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The first 2 tons of Vietnamese lychees have been completely distributed to British retailers and supermarkets under the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting on Thursday with intellectuals and think-tankers on the draft strategic plan to fine-tune the socialist law-governed state.