(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will make greater contributions to the United Nations (UN) Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and increase the use of female officers in the mission, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

(VOVWORLD) - The national population database center and the citizen ID management system made their debut on Tuesday, and they will officially come into operation on July 1.

(VOVWORLD) - Fresh Thieu lychees from Vietnam hit the shelves in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday and are selling for 30 AUD per kilo.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has applauded the efforts by Vietnam and Singapore to establish a task-force for COVID-19 response towards mutual recognition of each other’s vaccination certificates.

(VOVWORLD) - The administration of the first 1,000 shots in the third-phase trials of Nano Covax, a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine, has been completed, according to the Hanoi-based Vietnam Military Medical University.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City is preparing to administer nearly 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, Nguyen Hoai Nam, deputy head of the municipal Health Department, told reporters on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The South Korean Foreign Ministry said Monday that special North Korea envoys from the US, Japan, and South Korea have agreed to continue cooperating towards a complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula through dialogue with Pyongyang.

(VOVWORLD) - The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved five projects led by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in eight countries, totaling more than 46.6 million USD in funding.

(VOVWORLD) -A delegation of the Department of Military Training under the General Staff and the Artillery Arms of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) on Monday visited the artillery team, which is under training in Vinh Phuc northern province for the 2021 International Army Games.

(VOVWORLD) -Only domestic fans will be granted access to venues at this summer's delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and there are limits on the number of people who may attend.