(VOVWORLD) - Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense, and outgoing US Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink agreed on Friday that addressing the aftermath of war will be given priority in the future.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung lauded the coordination of the US Embassy on Friday, and particularly US Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink, for a fruitful, sustainable bilateral ties with respect to each other’s independence, territorial integrity, and political institutions.

(VOVWORLD) - The Book Festival 2021 opened with the theme "Books - Mission to Develop Reading Culture " at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi on Friday, as part of Vietnam Book Day (April 21) and World Book and Copyright Day (April 23).

(VOVWORLD) - Novartis announced Thursday it will join forces with fellow Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche to produce tocilizumab, a drug being tested for its effectiveness against COVID-19-linked pneumonia.

(VOVWORLD) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on a visit to Kabul, that Afghanistan respects the US’s recent decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan and will ensure a smooth transition.

(VOVWORLD) - British forecasting and quantitative analysis company Oxford Economics has delivered positive assessments of Vietnam, highlighting its growing role in global manufacturing supply chains.

(VOVWORLD) - The US on Thursday expelled 10 Russian diplomats and announced a broad array of sanctions on Russia, despite President Joe Biden’s previous proposal of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

(VOVWORLD) - No more than one thousandth of 70,000 COVID-19 vaccine testers in Vietnam have shown severe reactions after receiving AstraZeneca shots, Vietnam’s Health Ministry reported Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is mulling ways to pilot vaccine passports to revive the tourism sector devastated by COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases Friday morning, keeping the national infection tally at 2,758, according to the Health Ministry.