(VOVWORLD) - As of Saturday afternoon, the world had recorded more than 17 million COVID-19 infections and 683,000 deaths, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia and Chairman of ASEAN Committee in Moscow (AMC) Ngo Duc Manh hosted an AMC meeting on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan and China have agreed to hold bilateral maritime security negotiations at an appropriate time after the COVID-19 epidemic eases, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said.

(VOVWORLD) - A field hospital has been set up in Hoa Vang district’s medical center in Da Nang city.

(VOVWORLD) - A 68-year-old woman with leukemia was confirmed dead on early Saturday at Da Nang Oncology Hospital in the central city of Da Nang, according to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health on Saturday organized an online conference connecting 63 provinces and cities to discuss ways to improve the capacity for medical clinics in receiving and treating COVID-19 patients.

(VOVWORLD) - Britain and the EU have planned trade negotiations up until October 2nd, less than a fortnight before a summit where the bloc hopes to endorse any agreement with London, according to a schedule published by British negotiators on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam achieved a trade surplus of 6.5 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, including 1 billion USD in July, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOVWORLD) - Many major Vietnamese exports benefit from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement which comes into force as of August 1st.