NDO/VNA – Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on June 22 chaired the ASEM High-level Policy Dialogue themed “ASEM at 25: Strengthening Asia-Europe Partnership in a Transforming World.” 

NDO/VNA - Vietnam will continue to make positive contributions to the United Nations (UN) Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and increase the engagement of female officers in the mission, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representatives of Vietnam to the UN, has stated. 

NDO/VNA - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has welcomed Japan's pledge of US$10 billion in financial support for decarbonisation efforts by its member states.  

NDO/VNA – Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung on June 21 attended the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (ASEAN SOM) and a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (ExCom SEANWFZ) Treaty Commission, which were hosted virtually by Brunei – the chair of ASEAN in 2021. 

Well above 80% of the athletes and officials residing in the Olympic village will be vaccinated when the Games kick off, the International Olympic Committee President said. 

Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip on Monday in what it called a "conditional" measure one month after a truce halted 11 days of fighting with the Palestinian enclave's Hamas rulers. 

NDO – Heads of the European Union (EU) member states are to meet in Brussels, Belgium, on June 24 to discuss hot issues including the future of the bloc’s relations with Russia. It is said that the Russia-US summit last week has opened the door to dialogue that the EU should also carry out with Moscow. 

The United States regarded the recent comments made by Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as an "interesting signal," National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. 

US land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least July 21, the US Homeland Security Department said on Sunday. 

More than 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Saturday, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. 

The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, the head of the government's COVID-19 vaccine procurement said on Sunday. 

Australia's trade minister has declared that the government is in "no rush" to re-open the international borders. 

Three and a half months before the federal elections in Germany, the governing conservative parties -- the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) -- are moving up in the polls, while the Green Party is losing ground. 

The Indian Ministry of Railways said on Saturday that it was helping to bring back migrant workers as the cities gradually started to ease COVID-19 restrictions.