(VOVWORLD) -The 13th Mekong-Japan Ministerial Meeting will be held online on Thursday and co-chaired by Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s two northern tourist sites, Sa Pa and Ninh Binh, have been listed by travel magazine Trips to Discover as one of 14 up-and-coming destinations in Asia to visit this year. The magazine said these up-and-coming destinations are some of the top places to explore before everyone else discovers them too.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on Wednesday praised Binh Phuoc province for overcoming challenges despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The US Department of State on Tuesday made an announcement about foreign students studying in the US, affirming that the US has long been the destination of choice for international students and they are pleased that many international students who had planned to study this fall in the US may still have the opportunity to do so.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, 12 million people have been infected with the novel coronavirus, which has claimed 545,000 lives worldwide.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is positioned to stand out among Asia’s frontier and emerging markets this year in terms of its economic resilience and success in bringing the coronavirus outbreak under control, according to the American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings.

(VOVWORLD) - China’s newly promulgated law on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong is conducive to the region’s stability, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a press conference on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Foreign Ministers of nine Arab countries held an online meeting on Tuesday to discuss Israel’s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.

(VOVWORLD) - Winners of the Vietnam Ancestral Global Day contest were honored at a special online program Tuesday that connected 10 countries from 5 continents.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center has contributed greatly to developing science, technology, economy, defense, and security in Vietnam and Russia, strengthening their comprehensive strategic partnership, said Defense Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich during a working session with the center in Hanoi on Tuesday.