VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy emphasized the importance of the role of religion and belief in promoting peace, understanding, tolerance, and mutual respect among various communities during a meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) held on March 19.

VOV.VN - Local shrimp enterprises have heavily invested in building processing facilities and raw material areas for their long-term development after recording double-digit growth last year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst capitalising on opportunities from new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs).

VOV.VN - Vietnam treasures the cooperative relations with Germany and greatly values the support and coordination Germany gave to Vietnam in 2020 in the framework of ASEAN and the UN Security Council, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has said.

VOV.VN - The Foreign Ministry and the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) co-hosted a ceremony on March 19 in Hanoi to mark International Francophonie Day on March 20, running with the theme of “Francophone women, resilient women”.

VOV.VN - An exhibition featuring the friendship between the public security forces of both Vietnam and Laos took place on March 19 in Hanoi, with more than 300 photos and objects offering guests an insight into the 60-year development of Laotian public security forces.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Secretary of the Security Council of Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev in Hanoi on March 17, during which he expressed his pleasure with Russia’s successful research and development of drugs against COVID-19 and belief Russia will soon overcome the pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the detection of seven further novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on March 17 afternoon, with the total number of infections nationwide rising to 2,567.

VOV.VN - The nation jumped 20th places to 70th among a total of 190 economies in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business 2020 rankings, whilst its Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 (GCI 4.0) also moved up 10 places to be placed 77th out of 140 countries and territories globally.

It is necessary to consider building a mechanism for expressway toll collections through toll booths on expressways invested by the State, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on March 15.

The 15th Conference of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) and related meetings opened on March 12 under the theme “ASEAN: A Digital Community with Accessibility for All”.