Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has been assigned to be head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control at a meeting of top leaders held on August 24.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria Nguyen Trung Kien had a working session on August 23 with Barbara Kaudel-Jensen, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Austrian Federal Chancellor, on cooperation between the two countries in the lead up to 50 years of diplomatic ties this year.

Vietnam shares the difficulties that the country and people of Myanmar are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and hopes that ASEAN countries, partners and the international community will join hands to help Myanmar and its people overcome the challenges.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City must ramp up efforts to provide timely treatment for patients suffering from COVID-19 in order to minimise fatalities, according to Phan Van Mai, deputy secretary of the municipal Party Committee.

VOV.VN - The Foreign Ministers of ASEAN member states and the United States agreed to give priority to the fight against COVID-19 and post-pandemic economic recovery as part of future co-operation, during a meeting on August 4.

VOV.VN - The Philippines is an important and reliable partner that shares many strategic interests with Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during phone talks on July 19.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo discussed cooperation between the two countries as well as regional and international issues of shared concern during their online talks on July 15.

The provision of disaster response skill training for people is critically important to the countries vulnerable to natural disasters like Vietnam so as to create response preparedness for each individual, said Kazuko Kori, Mayor of Sendai city in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture.

VOV.VN - The US Department of Defense has presented a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine and mobile lab equipment to the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam to enhance its mobile testing capabilities.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son attended the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in the form of videoconference on July 6.