(VOVWORLD) - US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Singapore and Vietnam next month to discuss regional security issues and the global Covid-19 pandemic response, the White House announced Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Women’s Union and the Ministry of Public Security co-organized a virtual conference on joint actions against human trafficking.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s appeal for a greater effort to combat COVID-19 has received a positive response from the public.

(VOVWORLD) - The 2021 Vietnam Annual Economic Report entitled “Repositioning Vietnam in Global Dynamics” was unveiled on Thursday by the Vietnam National University - University of Economics and Business.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has signed three contracts for COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer with partners from Russia, the US, and Japan, according to a health official.

(VOVWORLD) - Competitive labor costs, free trade agreements, and an open investment environment have made Vietnam an ideal location for investors, said Vietnam Briefing, a business news website on doing business in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Standard Chartered Bank forecasts that Vietnam’s GDP growth will accelerate to 6.7 per cent in 2021 and 7.3 per cent in 2022. The Bank said sectors serving the domestic markets, such as retail, will be the most affected if the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam was named 19th among the world’s top 20 host economies for foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2020 with an inflow of 16 billion USD, up five places against previous year’s ranking, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

(VOVWORLD) - As of Wednesday, 13,000 shots of Vietnam’s homegrown NanoCovax vaccine had been administered to volunteers aged 18-75 in the third trial phase. 1,000 volunteers will get their second shot before August 15.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has described elections of deputies to the 15th legislature and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure as a huge success. He made this statement while chairing a nationwide teleconference in Hanoi on Thursday to review the elections.