(VOVWORLD) - Five Vietnamese scientists have been named in the 2021 edition of Asian Scientist 100, an annual listing of the brilliant scientific talents in the region by the Asian Scientist magazine of Singapore.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held online talks with Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Rodolfo Solano Quirós on Thursday to discuss specific ways to strengthen the bilateral friendship and cooperation, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

(VOVWORLD) - “After 100 days of rescue and renewal, America is ready for takeoff, turning peril into possibility, crisis to opportunity, and setbacks into strength,” US President Joe Biden told a joint session of Congress on Wednesday as he touted his overall performance in coping with a set of historic crises since taking office in January.

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN nations believe India will soon control its COVID-19 epidemic and affirm their willingness to stand side by side with India during this difficult time, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung said at the the 23rd ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) via videoconference on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will stop using ozone depleting Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2024, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said at a workshop on managing fluorocarbon gas (F-gas) in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it has expelled 7 diplomats from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia.

(VOVWORLD) - The ASEAN Secretariat and the EU Delegation in ASEAN announced the Mid-term Review (MTR) of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A total of 150 million COVID-19 cases had been reported globally as of Thursday noon. More than 3.1 million have died, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has worked on COVID-19 safety measures with authorities of Dong Thap province which shares the land border with Cambodia.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh city on Wednesday hosted a reunion of heroic mothers and soldiers who participated in the liberation of southern Vietnam on April 30, 1975.