(VOVWORLD) - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Friday that the prevention of COVID-19 remains an urgent key task in this first quarter and the epidemic is not expected to end this year.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on Wednesday attended a UN Security Council online discussion on maintaining international peace and security and ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in areas affected by conflict and insecurity.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will get approximately five million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of February, including 4.9 million doses through Covax, a global mechanism for developing, manufacturing, and distributing COVID-19 vaccines.

(VOVWORLD) - Head of Vietnam's delegation to the United Nations Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy shared the country’s development experience via promoting digital technology at the 59th session of the UN Commission for Social Development that is underway virtually from February 8-17.

(VOVWORLD) - 2021 is forecast to be another difficult year for Vietnam’s garment and textile industry depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic develops. But the sector has set the target of 39 billion USD export turnover this year.

(VOVWORLD) - Leaders of several foreign countries have extended their greetings in the Vietnamese language on the occasion of the 2021 Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

(VOVWORLD) - Head of the Vietnam Delegation to the UN, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has emphasised the need to offer COVID-19 vaccine to peacekeepers, particularly those at high risk, such as medical workers at field hospitals and forces operating in areas severely hit by the pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade has cooperated with producers, suppliers and distributors nationwide to ensure stable commodity prices during the Lunar New Year holidays, when demand is likely to surge.

(VOVWORLD) - Over half of Japanese businesses in Vietnam and India have plans to expand their in-country operations, Kyodo News quoted a recent survey on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Voice of Vietnam in central region and the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, BIDV, in Da Nang City have granted 250 gifts for Co Tu ethnic people in the Quang Nam province’s Dong Giang and Nam Giang Districts.