Việt Nam News

HCM City on Saturday issued rules for the heightened period of COVID-19 prevention and control starting Monday, as the authorities insisted the next two weeks are not a hard lockdown or an “state of emergency”.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked Pfizer to accelerate vaccine delivery to Việt Nam, especially in August and September, as he held talks with the company's CEO Albert Bourla late Friday night.

Hà Nội’s authorities decided on Friday to extend social distancing order until 6:00am of September 6, 2021, amid new COVID-19 infections in the community and complicated developments in many other localities.

 Deputy head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Ambassador Pham Hải Anh urged international cooperation and solidarity in order to seek the most effective response to combat terrorism in the face of a serious threat posed by the so-called Islamic State’s activities in recent times.

The seventh dialogue evaluating arising sea-related issues from the perspective of international law was held virtually on Thursday, drawing more than 250 domestic and foreign experts, as well as delegates from foreign representative agencies in Hà Nội and the media.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a national conference on planning on Thursday to accelerate and improve quality of regional and sectoral planning work.

The CEO of AstraZeneca, Pascal Soriot, has pledged to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Việt Nam on time and increase vaccine supplies to the country this month.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday clarified Việt Nam’s policies on entry for fully vaccinated arrivals and ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for foreigners in the country.

Việt Nam wants the situation in Afghanistan to soon return to stability in the interests of the people, and for peace and stability in the region.

Việt Nam underlined the importance of efficiency and security in digital technology application in peacekeeping activities and the protection of civilians during an open debate of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held on Wednesday (local time).

Việt Nam understands the difficulties that the country and people of Myanmar are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and hopes that ASEAN countries, partners and the international community will work together to help Myanmar and its people overcome the challenges.

State and Government leaders sent letters to EU leaders requesting vaccine support for Việt Nam amid shortage and severe fourth wave of infections.

Bắc Giang province has returned to a "new normal" state as no new COVID-19 infections have been detected in the community for more than a month.

Secretary-General of the National Assembly (NA) and Chairman of the NA's office Bùi Văn Cường on Wednesday proposed to the NA Standing Committee two plans to organise the second session of the 15th NA which takes place in October.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc chaired a meeting with the Central Advisory Council on Amnesty (CACA) and leaders of relevant ministries and agencies on Tuesday to ensure the implementation of the amnesty decision in 2021 is on schedule amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Tuesday opened the second session in Hà Nội.

Poland decided to transfer 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and grant more than 501,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam, immediately after receiving a letter from Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki asking for help.

 Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Việt Nam's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has emphasised as top priority ending violence, protecting civilians, especially women and children, and ensuring security and safety of UN staff and representative agencies, foreign diplomatic staff, international organisations and foreigners in Afghanistan.