VOV.VN - The nation requests China to respect its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes, immediately stop and not to repeat similar violations.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression in the East Sea strengthened into Storm Dianmu on September 23, thereby becoming the sixth typhoon to hit the country this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had bilateral meetings with Presidents of Mongolia, Switzerland and Austria, and President of the European Council (EC) in New York on September 22 (local time).

VOV.VN - Vietnam hopes Russia will accelerate the transfer of vaccine production technology to help it combat COVID-19, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their phone talks on September 16.

Vietnam attaches importance to developing ties with China and considers this as a leading priority in its foreign policy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi at their meeting in Hanoi on September 11.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son held talks in Hanoi on September 11 with State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi to foster the comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership between Vietnam and China.

VOV.VN - The government and business community of the Netherlands will donate ventilators and medical equipment worth VND43 billion to help Vietnam combat COVID-19, Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman told her host Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on September 10.

VOV.VN - The Chinese government has decided to donate an additional three million doses of the vaccine to the Vietnamese government this year to help it combat COVID-19.

Deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Tran Quang Hoai has asked municipal and provincial steering committees and local border guards to call on vessels to avoid the upcoming typhoon.

VOV.VN - Northern coastal provinces are set to evacuate close to 800,000 people as tropical storm Conson has entered the East Sea to become the fifth typhoon set to hit the country this year.