VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has stressed the leading role the United Nations plays in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, in a message delivered to the 77th Commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Committee of Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on ASEAN to work harder to come up with a feasible solution to the Myanmar crisis, while addressing an ASEAN Leaders’ Summit in Indonesia on April 24.

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”.

Vietnam is ahead of the global average when it comes to adopting healthier and more sustainable lifestyle choices, according to a new public opinion report conducted by GlobeScan and supported by Visa.

Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, attended the 22nd meeting of the ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee (ACJCC) via videoconference on March 5.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh and Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Jorge Arreaza discussed a range of measures aimed at strengthening the friendship and co-operation between the two countries during their phone talks held on March 5.

ASEAN member states, including Vietnam, have agreed to set aside US$10.5 million from the COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund to purchase vaccines for their citizens on the basis of equal distribution to all 10 countries.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on January 27 extended a message of congratulations to newly-appointed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

VOV.VN - Finland will provide more than US$100 million for public investment projects in Vietnam, starting from 2021, under a bilateral Framework Agreement on the use of Public Sector Investment Facility (PIF) backed and guaranteed by the Finnish Government.

All Vietnamese people who joined a survey in December last year said that they fully support and give the Vietnamese Government approval on how it had worked to control the pandemic, according the Bangkok-based ScandAsia magazine.