(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Saturday sent a congratulatory message to his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern over the victory of the New Zealand Labour Party and PM Ardern herself in the general election held the same day.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam entered the 46th straight day with no community infections of COVID-19 as no new cases were reported on Sunday afternoon.

(VOVWORLD) - Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Saturday to a new humanitarian ceasefire from midnight in fighting over Azerbaijan's ethnic Armenian-controlled enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, both countries’ foreign officials said.

(VOVWORLD) - Israel and Bahrain will officially establish diplomatic relations on Sunday at a ceremony in Bahrain’s capital of Manama, an Israeli official said.

(VOVWORLD) - Former chief of the Party Central Commitee’s Office, Nguyen Van Nen, was elected Secretary of HCM city’s Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - A mountain landslide buried at least 22 members of an army economic group in the central province of Quang Tri early Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Saigon Beer - Alcohol Beverage Corporation (SABECO) and the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour jointly launched the ‘Rise with Viet Nam’ relay race on Saturday in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh province, with the aim of raising funds for Vietnamese workers struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - A Japanese Foreign Ministry official told the press on Friday that Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide’s selection of Vietnam in his first overseas trip since taking office came from robust bilateral strategic partnership and the important role Vietnam, as ASEAN Chair this year, plays in Japan’s foreign policy towards ASEAN.

(VOVWORLD) - Experts have hailed significant export potential for Vietnamese seafood created by the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is a destination that can bring substantial benefit to Japanese investors, Director of the Vietnam Economic Research Institute (OERI) Moribe Hiroyuki said ahead of an official visit by Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide.