(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha congratulated teacher Ha Anh Phuong of Phu Tho province for being shorlisted in the 50 Global Teacher Prize finalists announced in London on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Severe drought has affected various provinces in the southern central coastal region. Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen have confronted drought and shortage of water for two consecutive years.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said Wednesday that Hanoi will activate a global positioning system (GPS) for community surveillance during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - On Wednesday evening, the Ministry of Health reported 8 new Covid-19 cases - four in Hanoi, two in Ho Chi Minh City, one in Hai Duong province, and one in Phu Tho province.

(VOVWORLD) - The personnel work must be well prepared from all-level Party Congresses in order to prepare for the 13th National Party Congress, said Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Some hacker groups have taken advantage of the Covid-19 outbreak’s complex developments in many countries to launch cyberattacks against agencies and organisations around the world, including those in Vietnam, said the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Central Bank said Wednesday it will buy 820 billion USD in securities this year to counter the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia will support Vietnamese expats living there during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northern Utah in the US on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced on Wednesday that it will suspend flights to and from Russia and Taiwan (China) beginning Thursday until further notice because of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions being imposed by many countries.