(VOVWORLD) - On Thursday afternoon, Vietnam reported 4 new imported COVID-19 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has held a telephone conversation with Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday presented Independence Order, 2nd Class, to former Construction Minister Pham Hong Ha, Independence Order 3rd Class to former Vice Ministers Bui Pham Khanh and Nguyen Dinh Toan, Labor Order, 1st Class, to former Vice Minister Phan Thi My Linh.

(VOVWORLD) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is also President of the Cambodian People’s Party, sent a letter on Thursday to thank Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong for his concern about the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia.

(VOVWORLD) - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday handed over the “Labour Hero in the Renewal Period” title to the family of late Professor Academician Vu Tuyen Hoang, former Secretary of the Party delegation and President of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA).

(VOVWORLD) - The Leaders Summit on Climate opened online on Thursday to galvanize the world’s major economies to tackle the climate crisis. This is the first international event hosted by the US since Joe Biden took office.

(VOVWORLD) - A travel program was launched on Wednesday to promote tourism in six northern provinces: Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, and Ha Giang.

(VOVWORLD) - United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday to meet with senior Southeast Asian officials to seek a solution to the instability in Myanmar.

(VOVWORLD) - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh on Wednesday ordered a 14-day lockdown, from 6 am Thursday until 12 am May 5, of the capital of Vientiane following a surge of COVID-19 cases.

(VOVWORLD) - Italian media said Wednesday that Endri Elenzi, a 28-year-old Albanian wanted in connection with a 2016 truck attack in Nice, France, that killed 86 people has been arrested in southern Italy.