(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 87 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours as of 6 pm Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Amid complicated developments of the pandemic in the world, Vietnam has decided to temporarily suspend and restrict the entry of foreigners and overseas Vietnamese in order to focus on implementing pandemic prevention and control measures in the country, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

(VOVWORLD) - US companies that manufactured the toxic Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin defoliant used by US forces during the war in Vietnam must take responsibility for dealing with the consequences, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always respects and consistently implements a policy of ensuring citizens’ right to freedom of religion and belief and to follow or not follow a religion, guarantees equality and non-discrimination based on religion or belief, and protects operations of religious organisations in line with the law, the Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung and New Zealand Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mark Sinclair, chaired the 12th political consultative talks in virtual format on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has received Laotian Ambassador to Vietnam, Sengphet Houngboungnuang, his first foreign guest in his new term.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam reported 21 new COVID-19 cases, all detected in quarantine areas, over the last six hours to 12 noon on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

(VOVWORLD) - The National Election Council (NEC) has allowed the Central Highland provinces of Kon Tum and Dak Lak to hold early voting at certain polling stations.

(VOVWORLD) - Since terrorism poses serious threat to international peace and security, Vietnam support the work of United Nation (UN)’s investigative team on IS crime so as to assist national efforts to bring justice to victims in Iraq, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday hosted a reception for a delegation from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) led by Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon, Chairman of its Executive Council.