(VOVWORLD) - The Philippines conveyed diplomatic notes to the Chinese Embassy in Manila formally protesting China’s violation of international law and Philippine sovereignty, Filipino Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin Jr. tweeted on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - China is taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase its bullying of neighboring countries, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Many overseas Vietnamese, who have become jobless and homeless as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, are receiving support from their fellow countrymen.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization has warned countries to stay vigilant against COVID-19 because the crisis is not over and the coronavirus will likely be with us for a very long time.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia’s online newspaper “Kommersant” ran an article on Thursday lauding the efforts of Vietnam as ASEAN Chair for 2020 to defeat the coronavirus epidemic. It praised the Vietnamese government’s imposition of strict social distancing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Thursday morning, Vietnam had gone a full week without recording a single new case of COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - China is trying to distract the public from its current “Four Sha” scheme, Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, a research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation based in the Philippines, said in an interview with VOV’s reporter in Washington on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday decided that from April 23, 28 localities of high-risk and medium-risk groups for COVID-19 infection will halt implementing social distancing, except for some districts of Hanoi, Ha Giang, and Bac Ninh.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh Youth Union has launched a program called “Sharing love, joining hands to overcome the pandemic” to support people affected by COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese authorities have transported medical equipment donated by the Vietnamese government and people to Japan and brought home nearly 300 Vietnamese citizens of special needs in the return Vietnam Airlines flight.