(VOVWORLD) - The European Commission announced Tuesday that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) signed last June, will officially take effect on August 1.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese government, VietJet Air, and Japanese authorities on Tuesday repatriated 225 Vietnamese nationals from Japan.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. Of 355 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam, 335 have fully recovered and the rest are receiving treatment and are in stable condition.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese lychees are now on the shelves of Singapore’s FairPrice supermarket chain.

(VOVWORLD) - Groups and individuals were honored on Tuesday for their contributions to the fight against COVID-19, among whom the Vietnam People’s Army was one of the main forces working on the frontline.

(VOVWORLD) - A Vietnam-Czech Republic tourism forum opened in Prague on Tuesday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and to promote tourism recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation have signed an agreement establishing a new Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - At a meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Vietnam affirmed its consistent support for disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, and for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

(VOVWORLD) - Hong Kong’s new national security law took effect on Tuesday. Regulations were signed by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and published the same day.

(VOVWORLD) - The WHO will “read carefully” a Chinese study on a new flu virus found in pigs, said WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier on Tuesday.