(VOVWORLD) - UNICEF appealed Monday for an additional 92 million USD to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa.

(VOVWORLD) - EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says the EU is anticipating further constructive talks aimed at making progress before June.

(VOVWORLD) - Hai Duong province will expand the lychee growing zones to meet international standards and increase consumption, heard a conference on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The people and authorities of Da Nang city and Khanh Hoa province, which administer Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa districts, are indignant over China’s announcement that it is establishing the so-called “Xisha district” in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, and “Nansha district” in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

(VOVWORLD) -France’s daily newspaper Le Figaro ran an article on Sunday explaining how Vietnam has limited the spread of the novel coronavirus.

(VOVWORLD) -Former Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Sunday urged the Philippine government to protest China's establishment of two districts aimed at exerting control over the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam).

(VOVWORLD) - Analyst Carl Thayer, an Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales has called China’s latest action in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) "provocative" and "illegal," saying it has no basis under international law.

(VOVWORLD) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a virtual meeting of the G20 leading global economies on Sunday that although it was encouraging for some countries to be planning to ease lockdowns against COVID-19, “it is critical that these measures are a phased process”.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia’s “Russian Spring” newspaper has praised Vietnam as one of the most successful countries in the world in containing the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam enjoyed an export surplus of nearly 3.8 billion USD in the first quarter of this year despite COVID-19’s impact on the global economy, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.