VOV.VN - Russia raked in a total of US$130.5 million from exporting 63,500 tonnes of pork and offal to Vietnam last year, equivalent to 25% of Vietnamese pork imports, thereby becoming the largest pork supplier to the nation.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended a high-level online meeting of the UN to discuss fighting HIV/AIDS, which is taking place from June 8 to 10 at the UN Headquarters in New York.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, deputy head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN, shared some of the difficulties countries and people in the Central African region are facing due to the impact of issues such as violence, challenges relating to socio-economic development, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is to temporarily suspend the import of live pigs for slaughter from Thailand as of June 30 in an effort to prevent the African swine fever (ASF) from spreading among local herds, according the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnamese products, including various farm produce, were on display at the 7th African Investment and Trade Forum (AFIC7) held in the Algerian capital city of Algiers on May 24 – 25.

VOV.VN - The Algerian Ministry of Trade has recently informed the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance about the updated list of suspended fruit imports into Algeria during the harvest time, according to the Vietnam Trade Office based in Algeria.

VOV.VN - A new outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has been reported in several pig-farming households located in Muong Khuong and Van Ban districts of Lao Cai province.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has acknowledged positive developments made by Colombia in the fields of politics, economics, and social affairs, especially in the context of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has reaffirmed the nation’s support for the UN’s strategy aimed at promoting security and sustainable development in the African Great Lakes region.

Pretoria News, part of Independent Media - the leading South African media group, on April 7 published an article titled “Vietnam places hope in new leadership.”