(VOVWORLD) - Tuesday was Vietnam’s 40th straight day without any new Covid-19 infections by community transmission.

(VOVWORLD) - The Covid-19 pandemic has now affected 213 countries and territories with more than 5.5 million infections, and the global death toll has exceeded 347,000, according to the statistics website Worldometers.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc have underlined the crucial role of key economic regions, saying they drive national economic growth.

(VOVWORLD) - American news site Business Insider has picked Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, built in the French colonial times, among world’s 19 most beautiful cathedrals.

(VOVWORLD) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that primary schools in England will partially reopen on June 1.

(VOVWORLD) -Politico, an American political news agency, has ranked Vietnam the best Covid-19 performer globally.

(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo lifted a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other areas on Monday, ending the restrictions nationwide as businesses begin to reopen.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said the discipline demonstrated by Vietnamese people is the key for the country’s successful containment of Covid-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Asian media outlets have applauded the return of Vietnamese football events after months of disruption due to COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - No fresh coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Vietnam for the past 24 hours, marking 39 straight days with no new locally transmitted infections, according to the Ministry of Health.