VOV.VN - No country is safe when other nations in the region and throughout the world still fight the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning it is imperative to prioritise close and effective co-operation to repel the pandemic.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended the 11th Mekong – Republic of Korea (RoK) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting via videoconference on September 8 at the invitation of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn.

Vaccine diplomacy is very important and urgent at this time, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told a meeting of the government's working group on vaccine diplomacy on September 8.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception for the new Defence Attaché of the Philippines, Col. Ulysses S. Mancao, on September 7.

VOV.VN - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and the Republic of Korea from September 10 -15 at the invitations of his counterparts of these countries, the Vietnam News Agency reported on September 8.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed the implementation of a pilot scheme aimed at attracting international tourists to Phu Quoc island between now and the end of the year, with the project potentially welcoming between two and three million foreign arrivals.

VOV.VN - Approximately 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are set to arrive in Vietnam from various sources in September and October this year, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu.

Vietnam must put an end to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in a bid to have the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” removed by the end of 2021, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a virtual meeting on the issue on September 7.

VOV.VN - A total of 14,208 new cases of COVID-19, including 15 imported infections were recorded, while more than 10,250 patients were declared free from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said the Ministry of Health in its September 7 update.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 7th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) summit in Cambodia this week at the invitation of Cambodian PM Samdech Techno Hunsen.