(VOVWORLD) - The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Information and Communications have signed an agreement for a 1.45 million USD project on technical support to build a smart city operation center.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN, has urged the international community to increase its humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, and proposed that Israel end its blockade of the Gaza Strip to facilitate humanitarian activities.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung on Tuesday took over the rotating chairmanship of the ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP) from Indonesian Ambassador Kenssy Ekaningsih.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health on Tuesday presented the “For people’s health” insignia to three foreign experts in recognition of their contributions to Vietnam's health sector and the cause of HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said Wednesday that China's continuous conduct of military exercises in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago violates Vietnam's sovereignty over these islands.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesia, the UN Security Council President for August, has rejected a US request to trigger a resumption of all UN sanctions on Iran, said Indonesia’s UN Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has had great success in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and represents an ideal economic partner for Australia, said Dr. Jeffrey Wilson, Research Director at the Perth USAsia Centre, in an article published by the Australian Institute of International Affairs on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Hundreds of thousands of medical masks will be offered to the public for free from August 25 to September 30 in an effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic across Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday co-chaired the 17th Meeting of the Joint Commission on Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Vietnam and India.

(VOVWORLD) - As ASEAN Chair 2020, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered a speech at the Standard Chartered-ASEAN Business Forum 2020 themed “Unlocking the region’s potential”, which was televised on international medial channels.