The Ministry of Health has submitted to the Government a proposal to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a group A disease and abolish a number of pandemic prevention measures.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at San Francisco International Airport, USA, on September 17 (local time) for a working trip to attend high-level meetings of the 78th UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) and engage in bilateral activities there.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on February 24 adopted two resolutions on the organisation of the High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response and the High-Level Meeting on the Fight Against Tuberculosis, which are expected to be held during the High-Level Week of the UNGA’s 78th session in September.

VOV.VN - The Central Party Committee on January 17 agreed to allow Nguyen Xuan Phuc to stop serving as the country’s President, a member of the Politburo and the committee, and Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council for the 2021 to 2026 term.

VOV.VN - The second extraordinary meeting of the 15th National Assembly opened in Hanoi on January 5, which will consider and decide urgent and necessary issues in order to to promptly meet the requirements of life.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong has emphasised the necessity to strengthen supervision and take more samples for COVID-19 testing at border gates besides maintaining the current pandemic prevention and control measures as usual.

VOV.VN - For the first time in a decade the nation has achieved an annual economic growth rate of roughly 8%, while inflation has been controlled to ensure major economic balances.

VOV.VN - Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has underscored the necessity of bolstering bilateral co-operation between the nation and Germany, especially to work together to deal with new diseases that may break out.

VOV.VN - Vietnam raked in US$1.9 billion from shrimp exports during the opening five months of the year, representing an annual rise of 41%, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Vietnam ranks 52nd among a total of 117 countries and territories in the recently-released Travel & Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2021, jumping up eight places compared to the 2019 rankings.