(VOVWORLD) - All 102 people thought to have been in contact with one suspect case of COVID-19 in Da Nang were tested negative for the virus, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered the US to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Friday in retaliation to the Trump administration’s decision to shut down the Chinese embassy in Houston.

(VOVWORLD) - The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested three Chinese nationals for visa fraud and is seeking to arrest the fourth who is said to be in China's San Francisco consulate.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on Friday met 300 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, who she said are silent soldiers and contributors to Vietnam’s glorious history.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Friday that the People’s Procuracy must really be a “sharp tool” of the Party in detecting and combating corruption and the "sword of protection" of the Party, State, and people.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh talked by phone with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kang Kyung-wha on Thursday to discuss bilateral cooperation in the fight against Covid-19 and economic recovery.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam Airlines conducted two special flights in the last 3 days to bring home 540 Vietnamese citizens stranded in Cuba and several African and European countries by the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on US allies to work to change China's behavior.

(VOVWORLD) - Standard Chartered Bank forecasts that Vietnam’s economic growth rate will slow to 3% in 2020, the lowest rate in several years, due to weak global demand.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’seconomic prospects are bright and its growth is a “miracle,” said S D Pradhan, India’s deputy national security adviser in a recent article in the Times of India newspaper.