(VOVWORLD) - The US's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has pledged an initial funding of 3.9 million USD for COVID-19 response activities in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opened Thursday afternoon in Beijing with Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders attending the opening meeting.

(VOVWORLD) - Localities in Vietnam are launching tourist stimulation programs while promoting Vietnam as a safe destination.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan’s daily Nihon Keizai on Wednesday wrote that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement which is expected to be adopted by the NA this month, will benefit its signatories and enterprises in other countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Thursday asked the Ministry of Health to draft instructions concerning visa grating, quarantine, and post-quarantine health observation and tighten the management of entry of experts, guest workers, diplomatic and official passport holders, drivers, sailors, and crew-members.

(VOVWORLD) - NA deputies on Thursday discussed the draft law on border defence.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday chaired a government meeting on ways to tackle difficulties for the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and the Vietnam Airlines.

(VOVWORLD) - Dak Lak province is being urged to speed up disbursement of the government's loan support for people whose income has been reduced by the COVID-19 epidemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations' special Middle East envoy on Wednesday urged Israel to drop its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.

(VOVWORLD) - The digital-based economy has brought opportunities for people to change their work, said Dr. Nguyen Ai Viet, former Director of Hanoi National University’s Institute of Information Technology.