This year, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) organisation once again issued biased, unobjective, and completely groundless assessments when listing Vietnam among the countries with little media freedom.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in the northern province of Cao Bang have successfully arrested dozens of Vietnamese expatriates as they attempted to enter the country illegally by crossing the border from neighbouring China.

Border guards in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh have arrested nine people who were planning to illegally cross the border to enter Cambodia.

Outcomes of border demarcation and marker planting of Vietnam and Cambodia were highlighted at a conference jointly held by the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies in Hanoi on July 7.

Border guards in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on July 3 discovered two ships carrying 25 Vietnamese fishermen from Malaysia.

Over the past years, the northern province of Quang Ninh has been working to gradually establish itself as a “gateway” for cross-border trade between Vietnam and China, thus contributing to bilateral economic ties.

VOV.VN - The People’s Court of Quang Tri province, central Vietnam, has sentenced to deaths two Nigerian citizens on a charge of illegally trafficking nearly 14 kilos of drugs in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The brookings.edu website of Brookings Institution, a research group based in the United States, has published an article hailing Vietnamese success in combating the COVID-19 pandemic due to their strong and durable institutions.

The northern border province of Lang Son has managed to maintain its role as a main gateway for border trade with the Chinese market, despite the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial services and import and export of goods in the locality.

The Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence stands ready to send more experts and medical supplies to help Laos in the COVID-19 fight when requested by its Lao counterpart, Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang said on June 28.