VOV.VN - The cumulative number of coronavirus infections in Vietnam has increased to 1,407 after two more imported cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on Dec. 17.

VOV.VN - Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yevheniy Yenin hailed the friendship and cooperative relations between Ukraine and Vietnam both bilaterally and multilaterally during a Dec. 16 reception for Vietnamese ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines in coordination with Vietnamese competent agencies and those from over 30 nations across Europe, Africa and South America conducted a repatriation flight on December 15-16 to bring home close to 350 Vietnamese citizens left stranded overseas due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - All five Vietnamese students competing in the International distributed Physics Olympiad (IdPhO 2020) have won medals, including four silvers and one bronze, following the conclusion of the event.

VOV.VN - Local model Oanh Yen is set to compete on behalf of Vietnam at the upcoming Mrs Universe pageant which is scheduled to be held online from December 24, 2020, to January 1, 2021.

VOV.VN - Local clams known as Meretrix lyrata which originate from the northern province of Nam Dinh successfully obtained their first Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification on December 15.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on December 14 confirmed an additional five fresh imported cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s overall number of infections to 1,402.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Myanmar Ly Quoc Tuan presented a haul of 35,000 face masks as a gift to Myanmar on December 12 with a view to helping the people of Mandalay combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos and Vietnam’s diplomatic offices in the country offered flowers at the statue of late Lao President Kaysone Phomvihane in the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum on December 11 on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary (December 13, 1920-2020).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese farm products, including frozen seafood and agricultural items, have been stuck at ports and northern border gates since mid-November after China recently tightened its inspection policies for COVID-19 control over imported goods.