(VOVWORLD) - The World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Singapore from May 13 to 16 next year instead of Switzerland as the COVID-19 pandemic will make it difficult to ensure the health and safety of participants in Europe, WEF president Borge Brende said in an email this week.

(VOVWORLD) - The establishment of Thu Duc city in Ho Chi Minh city and Phu Quoc city in Kien Giang province and grassroots-level administrative units was discussed at the ongoing 51st session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, which opened in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended three summits online on Wednesday to discuss regional cooperation in protecting water resources and the environment in general, boosting trade and investment, and addressing shared challenges.

(VOVWORLD) - Supermodel, producer and actress Jessica Minh Anh will represent Vietnam in a short film to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Paris Agreement on Climate Change, featuring 20 celebrities from around the world, including artists, sportsmen and politicians.

(VOVWORLD) - HCM City ranked 19th out of 86 cities globally for expats to live and work, and was only surpassed in Asia by Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, according to the Expat City Ranking 2020 by InterNations.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations Population Fund in Vietnam will provide an additional 800,000 USD to support women and girls affected by flooding in eight central provinces and cities. It brings the UNFPA's total support to 1.34 million USD. In October it had given 540,000 USD.

(VOVWORLD) - Countries participating in a plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly’s 75th session on Tuesday highlighted the importance of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as the international legal framework regulating all activities in the seas and oceans.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, head of Indonesia’s permanent mission to the UN, affirmed Indonesia and Vietnam back the transition process in Sudan, when delivering a joint speech of the two countries at the UN Security Council briefing on Sudan situation and operations of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Digital Transformation Day 2020 will take place in Hanoi from December 14-15, said the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) on December 8.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam handed over Chairmanship of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) to Brunei during its 18th virtual meeting on December 8.