(VOVWORLD) - The national high school graduation examinations will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. Localities are making sure the examinations will take place as scheduled with all pandemic preventive measures in place.
(VOVWORLD) - Last weekend, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting to discuss a scheme called “Building and fine-tuning the law-governed socialist state of Vietnam until 2030 with orientations to 2045”. The scheme is of strategic importance to national development as it aims to promote progress in economics, culture, society, and the environment in order to better serve the people.
(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi is expected to approve a project to zone riparian areas on the Red River in order to enlarge the city’s green spaces. The project is part of the city’s planning until 2030 and vision to 2050, which characterizes the Red River as an axis of green spaces, cultural and historical sites, and local recreational and festive activities.
(VOVWORLD) - As COVID-19 continues to spread in Vietnam, a growing number of infections and contacts, called F1, F2, F3 is putting pressure on quarantine camps. The Ministry of Health will pilot home isolation for F1 people, who have had close contact with a COVID-19 patient, to reduce overcrowding and the risk of cross-infection at quarantine sites.
(VOVWORLD) - Leading industrialized countries (G7) recently launched an initiative called Build Back Better World (B3W) to help low- and middle-income countries build infrastructure, offering a "value-driven, high-standard and transparent" partnership. To what extent this plan will be implemented remains to be seen.
(VOVWORLD) - Many cities and provinces in Vietnam have reported new COVID-19 infections but losing their traces. This has made it more difficult to contain the epidemic. The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has asked localities and agencies from the central to the grassroot levels to stay vigilant and take resolute measures.
(VOVWORLD) - In addition to positive information, there is biased, toxic, and morally and culturally inappropriate information on social networks. The Ministry of Information and Communications recently issued a Code of Conduct on Social Networks to guide the building of a safe, democratic, and healthy e-environment in order to improve human rights in Vietnam .
(VOVWORLD) - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s economy grew 5.64% with an inflation rate of 1.47% in the first half of 2021, said the General Statistics Office. It’s an impressive result for Vietnam to achieve its annual growth target of 6.5%.
(VOVWORLD) - Iran held a presidential election on June 18th while negotiations to resume the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1 (the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, and Germany) were making progress in Vienna. People are wondering how the new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi will impact the negotiations.
(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City has received support from localities nationwide to give it more resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been a huge encouragement for Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities and people.
