(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported its first death from COVID-19 on Friday, a 70-year-old man with underlying kidney disease, hypertension, heart failure, and ischemia, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang city recorded 45 more COVID-19 cases on Friday morning, raising Vietnam’s tally to 509 and active cases to 140.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam on Thursday signed a US$6.2 million grant agreement to strengthen Vietnam’s coronavirus surveillance and testing capacities, research capacity for COVID-19 vaccines, test kits, and communications about the pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - A Vietjet Air flight on Thursday landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, repatriating nearly 240 Vietnamese nationals in Myanmar back home.

(VOVWORLD) - While Vietnam’s economy has been seriously impacted by COVID-19, it remains resilient and is poised to bounce back, according to a new World Bank report.

(VOVWORLD) - July 30 became the worst day for Australia since the COVID-19 outbreak, with 13 deaths and 744 new infections, mainly in the southeastern state of Victoria. As of Thursday, Australia had 16,000 COVID-19 cases and 189 deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, Head of ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, on Thursday participated in an online high-level dialogue themed “Post-pandemic recovery towards a stronger ASEAN Community".

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam earned 31.7 million USD from exporting catfish to the UK, accounting for 4.7% of the total fish exports to 130 markets, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health on Thursday sent more human resources to Da Nang to support the local efforts to fight COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - In the first seven months of 2020, Vietnam attracted a total sum of more than 18.8 billion USD, equivalent to 93.1 percent in the same period last year.