(VOVWORLD) - The coming EU-US Summit next week will be a milestone in renewing and revitalizing their partnership, Portugal’s Secretary of State for European Affairs Ana Paula Zacarias told the European Parliament on Wednesday. Portugal is assuming the rotating presidency of the European Council.

(VOVWORLD) - The Chinese Foreign Ministry and legislature on Wednesday expressed their opposition to the US Senate's approval of the Innovation and Competition Act 2021.

(VOVWORLD) - El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday signed into law a proposal to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, making the Central American nation the first in the world to officially use the cryptocurrency.

(VOVWORLD) - Nothing was going to stop a Saigon couple from tying the knot as they switched from a traditional ceremony with guests to a virtual celebration.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's tally of locally-transmitted infections increased to 8,106 as the Health Ministry confirmed 86 more fresh community transmissions at noon on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Olympic Committee on Wednesday proposed organizing the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in July 2022 instead of November and December this year amid COVID-19 surge in Vietnam and the wider region.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Vietnam's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on Wednesday called on the Sudanese government to strengthen its capacity to protect civilians and take measures to address violence between communities in Darfur.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed 70 new COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on Thursday, including 66 domestically-transmitted infections and three imported cases that were quarantined right upon their arrival in An Giang province.

(VOVWORLD) - From 12 noon to 6pm on Wednesday, Vietnam reported 60 new cases of COVID-19. They include 3 imported cases in Tay Ninh and 57 locally-transmitted cases in Ho Chi Minh City (20), Bac Giang (19), Bac Ninh (12), Hanoi (4), Lang Son (1), and Tan Trieu Cancer K Hospital (1). All cases were detected in quarantine or lockdown areas.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Fund for Vietnamese Children is calling on local and foreign donors to provide different forms of aid to children affected by the COVID-19 resurgence in Vietnam.