(VOVWORLD) - At least 1 billion new trees will be planted across Vietnam in the next 5 years as climate change and natural disasters continue to take a heavy toll on the country, according to a recent Directive signed by the Prime Minister.

(VOVWORLD) - Millions challenged chilly, rainy weather and a year marred by COVID-19 to crowd streets across Vietnam to ring in the New Year.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, opening the door for countries to quickly approve the import and distribution of the vaccine. The BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine is the first to receive such approval from the global body.

(VOVWORLD) - Bac Lieu received a certificate recognizing its salt making craft as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage at a ceremony on Thursday in Go Cat hamlet, Dong Hai district.

(VOVWORLD) - As of December 30th, the State budget collection this year reached 98% while budget spending was more than 80% of the yearly estimate.

(VOVWORLD) - Achievements in mass mobilisation recorded over the last five years have contributed significantly to the close ties between the Party, the State, and the people.

(VOVWORLD) - With its contributions over the past 75 years, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) deserves to steer the economic ship, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Nearly 280 Vietnamese in more than 30 countries in Europe, Africa and South America were flown back to Vietnam on a flight of Vietnam Airlines at the arrangement of Vietnamese and foreign agencies during the past 2 days.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.

(VOVWORLD) - Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday denounced US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's intention to include Cuba in the list of nations that sponsor terrorism.