(VOVWORLD) - The Economist has predicted that Vietnam would continue to maintain growth this year despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The Global Alliance to Protect and Regenerate Nature “EndPandemics.Earth” has sent a letter of thanks to the Vietnamese Government and National Assembly for the country’s strong and drastic strides in the process of protecting the people and biodiversity.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 400 people from academia, industry, government and diplomatic community attended the sixth round table of ASEAN-India network of think tanks on Thursday and Friday through video conference with views shared on strengthening the ASEAN-INDIA partnership in the post-COVID era.

(VOVWORLD) - No new case of COVID-19 was reported over the past 12 hours, leaving the total number of cases in Vietnam at 1,009 as of 6am on August 22, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - The fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament adopted the Declaration on Parliamentary leadership for more effective multilateralism that delivers peace and sustainable development for the people and world at its closing ceremony on Thursday after two days of sitting.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the third Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Summit, which will be held online on Monday, at the invitation of his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and China will mark 20 years of signing their Land Border Treaty and 10 years of implementing three legal documents on land border in Vietnam’s border city of Mong Cai on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam on Friday recorded two more COVID-19 patients in Da Nang. They are now being treated at Hoa Vang Field Hospital.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Friday that although the COVID-19 epidemic remains complicated, the situation is under control, even in hotspots such as Quang Nam, Da Nang, and Hai Duong.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has called on China to cooperate in maintaining regional security and the East Sea issue, in addition to boosting Indonesia-China ties and combating the COVID-19 pandemic.