VOV.VN - The Japanese Government has decided to bestow its Order of the Rising Sun on Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh to recognise his contributions to strengthening cooperation between Japan and Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, the third Dharma Master of the VBS, passed away on the morning of October 21 in Phu Xuyen district of Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The prolonged COVID-19 outbreak has prompted couples to delay their weddings, although Ngoc Diep, a female hospital orderly, is a special case as she has organised a virtual wedding with her future husband from Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of the latest wave of the pandemic.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has hailed the important role of internal affairs agencies in the country's political system, describing them as a key, faithful force and a sharp precious sword and a solid shield in safeguarding the Fatherland, maintaining social order and discipline.

Despite limited resources, the Vietnamese Government and local authorities are sparing no efforts to support and ensure safety for the expat community in Vietnam amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City plans to continue enforcing social distancing orders under Directive 16 after September 15 in response to the sustained threat of COVID-19, according to Duong Anh Duc, vice chairman of the muncipal People's Committee.

Marathon - a Vietnamese online tutoring platform - has just raised US$1.5 million in investment for a pre-seed round.

Authorised by the President, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Toan Thang on September 8 posthumously bestowed a Friendship Order on Jean-Charles Negre, former standing member of the French Communist Party (PCF) Secretariat, for his contributions to France-Vietnam relations.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded an additional 12,920 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hour to 6:30 p.m. on August 27 across 42 localities, thereby raising the overall infection count in the latest outbreak to 406,223 according to figures published by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - All visits by both nations' senior leaders aim to deepen the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the US, for the benefit of the two peoples, and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world as a whole.