(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a mobile money pilot project that will pave the way for payments of a limited value to be conducted using telecommunications accounts.

(VOVWORLD) -From 6 am to 6 pm on Wednesday, Vietnam reported 3 new cases of COVID-19, including 1 locally-transmitted case in Hai Duong and 2 imported cases, said the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have agreed that a Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and Singapore is developing effectively and substantially.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday called for efforts to implement the digital transformation strategy as more than 5% of ministries, branches and localities have started digital transformation programs, an important solution to boost growth.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held an online discussion with New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Secretary of the Party Committee of Central Agencies Huynh Tan Viet has asked the Health Ministry to continue practical activities to achieve the twin-task of social economic development and pandemic control.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with his Lao and Cambodian counterparts Thongloun Sisoulith and Samdech Techo Hun Sen via video-conference on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - By the end of 2020, Vietnam has 24,000 students enrolled at educational institutions in Australia, a decline of 2,000 students compared to 2019. But Vietnam finishes fourth among the leading five countries that have the most students in Australia, behind China, India, and Nepal, according to latest figures released by the Australian Department of Education.

(VOVWORLD) -Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner, according to a report by the World Health Organization published on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has initiated a project to develop an innovative start-up ecosystem in the next 5 years, with a target of 1,000 new start-ups.