VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to attend a virtual informal meeting of leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on July 16.

The disbursement of public investment must be sped up in the second half of this year as an important solution to accelerate economic growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry discussed ways to deepen bilateral relations and cooperation at multilateral forums during their telephone talks held on July 5.

VOV.VN - As many as 247 Vietnamese people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 10 cities and provinces nationwide during the past six hours, with Ho Chi Minh City alone recording 196 cases.

VOV.VN - As many as 328 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 11 Vietnamese cities and provinces during the past 12 hours, raising its cumulative tally of infections to 20,261.

VOV.VN - A further 353 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on July 3 afternoon, with Ho Chi Minh City registering the most infections with 714 for the entire day.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s domestic cases of COVID-19 set a record high of 215 in a single morning as the nation recorded a further 239 new local cases in five localities, the Ministry of Health said on July 3 morning.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed an additional 262 locally acquired and imported coronavirus cases in 12 cities and provinces nationwide during the past six hours, raising its daily count to 713, a record high figure on a single day.

VOV.VN - The World Bank (WB) has affirmed its support for Vietnam’s recovery efforts by approving two development policy operations (DPO), totaling US$321.5 million.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Hanoi capital will play host to the ninth ASEAN Competition Conference on December 1-2, the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, has announced.