(VOVWORLD) - Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has maintained the Government of Vietnam's long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at Ba3 and changed the outlook from negative to positive.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's position in the Index of Economic Freedom rose 2.9 points and 15 levels on-year, according to a survey by Heritage Foundation, a US research and educational institution.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi Party Committee has discussed 10 working programs to implement key tasks for the 2021-2025 period in line with the 13th National Party Congress Resolution.

(VOVWORLD) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the United States “has to now come back to compliance” with the 2015 nuclear deal in order to break the deadlock in talks between the sides.

(VOVWORLD) - Top US and Chinese officials offered sharply different views on Thursday when they met face-to-face for the first time since President Joe Biden took office.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is a promising markets for US farm produce, especially high-quality, safe, and healthy products, experts said at a ceremony Thursday to launch United Tastes – a trademark and marketing initiative designed for the Vietnamese market co-organized by the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the US Department of Agriculture.

(VOVWORLD) - The Netherlands is ready to help Vietnam in renewable energy research and development, said Elsbeth Akkeman, Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam during a working session in Hanoi on Thursday with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An.

(VOVWORLD) - Four institutes in India have pledged to grant scholarships to 113 Vietnamese students for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC)’s 2021 humanitarian month themed “For a safe community” will take place in May, the first time across all of its units this year following a three-year pilot.

(VOVWORLD) -Germany, France and other European nations announced plans to resume using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday after EU regulators moved to shore up confidence in the shot, saying its benefits outweigh the risks.