(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is ready to join other UN member states involved in fighting terrorism and organised crime for peace and stability regionally and globally, said Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu.

(VOVWORLD) -Three more countries on Thursday completed the procedures to ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), taking the total number of countries and territories that ratified this document to 43, close to the 50 figure needed for the treaty to take effect.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday said that Vietnam’s battle against COVID-19 begins to reach its peak and called for more aggressive measures to defeat the disease.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang city, Vietnam’s current COVID-19 hotspot, on Friday launched on a pilot scheme a database on COVID-19 patients.

(VOVWORLD) - The US sending Peace Corps Volunteers to teach English in Vietnam will contribute to promoting the comprehensive partnership between the two countries as well as educational cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam regards the US as one of its leading important partners, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh during a phone talk with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Thursday on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties.

(VOVWORLD) - A gradual U-shaped recovery is expected for the ASEAN+3 region, according to an updated forecast by ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).

(VOVWORLD) - 280 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Czech, on a flight of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on Thursday and Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has recorded 3 new COVID-19 cases, 2 in Quang Tri and 1 in Thanh Hoa province, the Health Ministry said in its Friday morning update.

(VOVWORLD) - Greece is ready for exploratory talks with Turkey on maritime zones in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said, calling Turkey’s recent aggressive actions unacceptable.