(VOVWORLD) - UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock on Thursday asked the Security Council and UN member states to take immediate action to tackle food insecurity and to boost humanitarian aid.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh welcomed and held talks with visiting Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kang Kyung-wha in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - New Zealand speaks highly of Vietnam’s leadership as ASEAN Chair this year, Alison Mann, Senior Official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand told Vietnam News Agency reporter in Jakarta.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Defense held a video training conference on Friday on the Law on the Vietnam Coast Guard which was adopted in 2018 and came into force last July.

(VOVWORLD) - France, Germany, and the UK expressed their opposition to China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam) in a note verbale addressed to the UN on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Storm Noul on Friday morning made a landfall on Vietnam’s central coastal provinces before weakening into a tropical depression.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday applauded sectors, branches and people for their efforts in COVID-19 prevention as Vietnam has gone 16 days without new cases in the community.

(VOVWORLD) -Winston Groom, who wrote the famous novel "Forrest Gump" adapted into a movie, died on Wednesday, in Alabama, the US, at the age of 77.

(VOVWORLD) - Chargé d'Affaires of the US Mission to ASEAN Melissa Brown says Washington commends Vietnam for its efforts as ASEAN Chair during this challenging time caused by COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Storm Noul, the biggest storm in Vietnam so far this year, made landfall on Friday in central provinces from Quang Binh to Quang Nam, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.