(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered a speech at the 26th International Conference on the Future of Asia that was held virtually on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - German financial newspaper Finanznachrichten ran an article on May 19 covering the upcoming election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure.

(VOVWORLD) - Only experts who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 are allowed to quarantine in civil establishments. Those who have not must quarantine in military-controlled facilities, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - A COVID-19 patient suffering from liver cancer has died at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, said the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately deescalate tensions in the Gaza conflict “on the path” to a ceasefire, the White House said.

(VOVWORLD) - Two emergency field hospitals were completed on Wednesday in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang province, Vietnam's current coronavirus hotspots.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has been developing renewable energy, particularly solar and wind power, and attaches great importance to the efficient use of energy, Nguyen Hong Dien, Minister of Industry and Trade, said at a meeting with the British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassador to Israel Do Minh Hung says the Embassy has asked the Israeli Foreign Ministry to create a plan to protect Vietnamese in Israel, particularly students, as fighting of the last 10 days continues between Israel and Palestine.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN and Vietnam representative offices in New York had an online talk on Wednesday with Hanoi poet Tran Dang Khoa about Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality, and lifestyle.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called for more cooperation.