(VOVWORLD) - New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan (China) rank the top three in a COVID Performance Index of almost 100 countries for their successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Massive testing has been underway in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh and test results showed 82 positive cases for SARS-CoV-2 virus on Thursday morning. These locally-transmitted cases are linked to the two cases of COVID-19 detected on Wednesday night, ending 55-day streak without a local community case in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long held online emergency meeting late Wednesday night with two provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, where two cases of COVID-19 infection in the community were confirmed. (One case in Hai Duong and one case in Quang Ninh). Aggressive measures to stamp out epidemic in these two provinces have been taken.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, keeping the total number of infected cases at 1,551, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Wednesday evening.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to Antony Blinken on his appointment as US Secretary of State.

(VOVWORLD) - “Young people act together” Day will be held in 91 places inside and outside Vietnam on February 3.

(VOVWORLD) - Chinese media widely covered the opening of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Delegates at the ongoing 13th National Party Congress on Wednesday discussed political report and social economic development strategy for the next decade, which hail circular economy as a new trend.

(VOVWORLD) -Head of the Party Central Committee’s External Affairs Commission, Hoang Binh Quan, told the press on Wednesday on the sideline of the 13th National Party Congress that Vietnam has pursued a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development through diversification and multilateralization of foreign relations.

(VOVWORLD) -The Pasaxon newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party on Wednesday front-paged an article entitled "The 13th Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is solemnly inaugurated."