(VOVWORLD) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday announced an emergency project to respond to the severe floods in central Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - President Donald Trump has won the state of Alaska. The Republican nominee was awarded the state’s three electoral votes, pushing his Electoral College tally to 217.

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN countries demonstrated their strong commitment to building the ASEAN Community, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of ASEAN 2020, said at the plenary session of the 37th ASEAN Summit which opened on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits opened online on Thursday, with Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong attending. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan also attended the opening ceremony, which drew ASEAN state leaders, the ASEAN Secretary General, and representatives of diplomatic corps and international organizations in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam International Agriculture Fair 2020 opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on Wednesday, featuring 250 stalls from 100 Vietnamese and foreign companies.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Business Summit 2020 was held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in Hanoi on Thursday under the theme of “Digitalised Vietnam: Toward Resilient, Responsive and Sustainable Development”.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported no cases of COVID-19 in the last 12 hours, keeping the total number of infections as of 6am on Thursday at 1,252, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - The Varkey Foundation announced on Wednesday the top 10 of the Global Teacher Prize 2020, with Vietnamese English teacher Ha Anh Phuong featured among the finalists.

(VOVWORLD) - The Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control has called on coastal central localities from Thanh Hoa to Binh Thuan to brace for the arrival of Vamco, the 13th storm of the year which is poised to enter the East Sea within the next 24 hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

(VOVWORLD) - The 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits opened virtually in Hanoi on Thursday, with Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong attending. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairwoman and Chair of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan were also present at the opening ceremony.