The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 30 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Saturday. (3 hours ago)
President Joe Biden on Thursday urged local governments to pay people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and set new rules requiring federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or face regular testing, mask mandates and travel restrictions.
NDO/VNA – Senior officials of ASEAN countries gathered at a virtual meeting on July 29 to prepare for the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-54).
NDO - Despite maintaining its 2021 global growth forecast of 6%, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) still warns of uneven growth as developed countries have stronger growth than developing economies.
There is no risk of tsunami damaging the Japanese coast after a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck the Alaska Peninsula, the Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday, though it said there might be small changes to tide levels.
Pedro Castillo was sworn in on Wednesday as president of Peru during a ceremony in the nation's Congress in Lima, after weeks of uncertainty following defeating a right-wing rival in a hard-fought presidential runoff.
NDO/VNA – Vietnam has expressed support for all-society approach to national reconciliation and harmony, building an united society resistant to risks of extremism and terrorism.
NDO/VNA - The ASEAN Secretariat together with the East Asia Business Council (EABC) recently hosted the “Unlocking RCEP for Business: Trade in Goods” webinar.
NDO/VNA - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, expressed his concern about continued violence in the Occupied Palestine Territory, particularly in the West Bank, two months after the ceasefire was announced, while addressing the UN Security Council’s open debate on the Middle East on July 28.
The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 24 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 20 in Jiangsu, three in Sichuan and one in Beijing, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
The United States and Russia on Wednesday held a high-level "Strategic Stability Dialogue," to which US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin committed when they met in Geneva last month.
NDO/VNA – A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV), led by Deputy Auditor General Ha Thi My Dung, is attending the 6th Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) on July 28-29.
An oil leakage from a long-abandoned oil tanker in Yemen started damaging the country's nature reserve in the southern port city of Aden, a government official told Xinhua on Wednesday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday maintained its global economic growth forecast at 6 percent for 2021, with economic prospects diverging further across countries since April's forecast, according to the latest World Economic Outlook.
