The Association of Vietnamese in Fukuoka (AVF), Japan, has held its second congress and elected a new executive committee for the 2021-2023 term.

VOV.VN - Slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate, along with travel restrictions, inadequate economic response policies, and limited social support schemes, have significantly affected the national economy, said Jacques Morisset, chief economist of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will consider mutual recognition of a vaccine passport with other countries in Southeast Asia, the European Union, as well as with the United States, China the Republic of Korea and others.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, who is on a working visit to Russia, dropped into the Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia on September 25.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has asked the Prime Minister for a particularly mechanism enabling the city to revitalize its ailing economy in the post-pandemic period.

VOV.VN - Many businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the country’s latest coronavirus outbreak, have faced a serious shortage of workers possessing a COVID-19 ‘green card’ as they struggle to resume production, according to industry insiders.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam – Slovakia cooperative relations are developing positively in various areas, said Ambassador Nguyen Tuan at a ceremony held in Bratislava on September 24 to celebrate the 72nd Vietnam’s National Day.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage on board a Vietnam Airlines flight returned to Hanoi on September 25 evening from their working trips to Cuba and the United States, bringing home the Abdala COVID-19 vaccine and medical equipment from Cuba and Vietnamese expatriates.

The visit to Cuba from September 18-21 and working trip to New York, the US, from September 21-24 of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation bear great significance and meet all set targets, according to Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

Representatives of foreign invested enterprises and business associations in the central city of Da Nang have made a number of proposals to the city on measures to recover production, one of which is to speed up COVID-19 vaccination for workers, in the hope of quickly resuming full production.