VOV.VN - There have been no new cases of COVID-19 occurring over the past 12 hours, keeping the country’s infection tally at 1,044, whilst the overall number of fully recovered patients increased to 707, the Ministry of Health reported on September 1.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on August 30 brought home 342 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Macau (China) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A total of 145 Vietnamese citizens in especially difficult circumstances in eastern and southern Africa together with 570 Vietnamese citizens from Taiwan (China) and Japan have been safely repatriated.

VOV.VN - Ukraine remains keen to develop a mutual partnership with Vietnam in a range of fields, including economics, trade, science, education, and culture, according to Brahar Evgeny, chairman of the Ukraine-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse chaired a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day (September 2) in Hanoi on August 28.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 25 called on foreign businesses to come and invest in ASEAN, a safe place for doing business amid global uncertainty, to achieve long-term success.

A number of hydropower and thermal power companies are facing hardships due to the severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - An action plan for Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) economic co-operation for the 2021- 2022 period was approved at the 12th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Economic Ministers’ Meeting held in Hanoi on August 24 through an online platform.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on August 20 conducted a flight to bring home more than 340 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Australia due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following is the text of the speech by National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at the seminar on "Stepping up parliamentary action: The climate change urgency” held on August 19.