VOV.VN - US Congressmen voiced the US’ strong support for ASEAN’s central role in the region and its active, constructive, and responsible engagement in regional co-operation during a working lunch held with ASEAN leaders in Washington D.C. on May 12 (local time).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economic recovery is gaining momentum despite heightened global uncertainty relating to issues such as the protracted war in Ukraine, higher commodity prices, and tightening global financial conditions, according to the World Bank (WB).

The Government of New Zealand has presented NZD2 million (nearly US$1.26 million) from its COVID-19 response fund to support Vietnam’s recovery from the pandemic.

The Vietnam Online Business Forum (VOBF) 2022 was held by the Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) in Ho Chi Minh City on May 10, focusing discussions on e-commerce’s role in promoting post-pandemic economic development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has moved up 30 notches to rank 62nd in the latest edition of Nikkei’s COVID-19 Recovery Index thanks to the country’s high vaccination rate.

VOV.VN - Vietnam continued to witness a dramatic fall in terms of the number of new daily COVID-19 infections, with over 3,345 confirmed on May 7, thereby bringing the national tally since the start of the pandemic up to 10.673 million.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc held online talks with Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), to seek the body’s assistance for Vietnam’s post-pandemic socio-economic development and recovery programme.

There are promising signs for Vietnam and its economic recovery this year, Caitlin Wiesen, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representative in Vietnam has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam along with Thailand, India, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Mongolia, and the Republic of Korea, ranked mid-table for tourism recovery, according to the travel-ready index 2022 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

VOV.VN - The German newspaper Finanzmarktwelt (Financial Market World) has recently published an article highlighting the nation’s move to fully open up activities following the COVID-19 pandemic, with all industries showing signs of recovery.