Vietnam aims to use 100% of environmentally-friendly plastic bags and packaging at shopping malls and supermarkets by 2025, according to a project on strengthening management of plastic waste in Vietnam approved by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on July 22.

The Vietnamese Party, State, Government and people always treasure the practical and timely support of international friends during the COVID-19 fight, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - On July 21 (New York time), the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN) hosted an online meeting of the Group of Friends on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national futsal team will play several fixtures as part of a friendly tournament in Spain from August 28 to August 31 in preparation for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Vietnam’s engagement in UN peacekeeping operations over the past seven years has helped raise the country’s prestige and position in the world and win praise from the UN and international friends, said Major General Hoang Kim Phung, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

The central city of Da Nang aims to become a child-friendly city in line with international standards by 2030.

A Group of Friends on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was launched at a New York event on June 30, with Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel and representatives of 96 member states in attendance.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an conference in Hanoi on June 28 to introduce the Resolution adopted at the 13th National Party Congress to Vietnamese representative agencies abroad.

VOV.VN - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 10 to receive money from Steve Bui & Friends Foundation and other foreign companies in support of the nation’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam were held to a 1-1 draw by Jordan in a friendly match on May 31 ahead of their crucial 2022 World Cup qualifiers in the United Arab Emirates.