Candidates running for seats in the 15th National Assembly (NA) of Hanoi's constituency No. 1, including Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, on May 8 held a meeting with local voters in Ba Dinh, Dong Da and Hai Ba Trung districts in both in-person and online forms.

The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the process of digital transformation in businesses, experts said, and has urged companies to consider their own resources and conditions to ensure and increase efficiency.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, attended the UN Security Council (UNSC)'s Arria-formula meeting on May 7 to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 on violations against children in situations of armed conflict.

An exhibition highlighting the pain of Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims and the lawsuit filed by Tran To Nga, a Vietnamese French woman, against multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins sprayed by US forces in the war in Vietnam, is being held in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - As a means of assisting Vietnamese enterprises to boost exports to the Saudi Arabian market amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Vietnamese Embassy in Saudi Arabia has launched a range of incentivizes for local businesses to send samples and trial goods through the embassy.

As the final minutes of the meeting concluding Vietnam’s Month of Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) clocked in, the country could be proud of reaching a new milestone in its diplomacy by successfully assuming the role of UNSC Chair for the second time.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported a further 15 fresh locally-infected cases on the morning of May 8, with one in capital Hanoi and 14 in the northern province of Bac Ninh, taking the infection tally in the latest wave of ongoing outbreak to 176.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla have discussed a range of measures to promote the special time-honoured friendship and comprehensive and trustful partnership between the two nations.

VOV.VN - Despite the nation suffering an annual drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the four months of the year, foreign investors still signed major deals in the country and confirmed its ongoing investment appeal.

Leading economic experts forecast an optimistic growth outlook for Vietnam in 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.