The Director of Save Vietnam's Wildlife, Nguyen Van Thai, has become the first Vietnamese wildlife conservationist and the only Asian so far to receive the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize - the world’s most prestigious award for grassroots environmental activists.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese men’s national football team have advanced to the third qualifying round in the Asian region of the 2022 FIFA World Cup for the first time in their history after making it through as one of the five best second-placed teams in the group stage.

Careful consideration is needed before increasing seaport services charges to limit negative impacts on the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

Comprehensive, Accurate, and Secured are the key words that can describe a digital platform, which now can also be accessed via smartphones, for registry and information management for persons with disabilities (PwD), launched on June 15 as part of the Korea-Vietnam Mine Action Project (KV-MAP).

A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang attended the 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) which was held via videoconference on June 15.

The first National Food Systems Summit Dialogue was held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in partnership with a number of ministries, the UN in Vietnam and international development partners in Hanoi on June 15 morning.

VOV.VN - A teleconference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 15 in an effort to boost trade promotion between Vietnam and the Australian state of Victoria.

VOV.VN - Global sports website ESPN published an article on June 15 praising the Vietnamese national football team as a golden generation of talent ahead of the team’s match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the second Asian qualifying round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Government has decided to provide Vietnam with one million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate its people, Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio announced at a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 15.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, voiced concerns over the ongoing violation of the Disengagement ò Forces Agreement in the Golan Heights during a closed-door discussion of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on June 14.