Month: January 2021
SARS-CoV-2 variant found in South Africa detected in imported patient
Scientists from the National Institute of Hygiene And Epidemiology have found a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus on a COVID-19 patient entering Vietnam from South…
Vietnam to continue reaping successs in external relations: Russian expert
Despite challenges from complicated regional geo-political situation, Vietnam will continue to successfully implement the policy of diversification and multilateralisation of its external relations and…
Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected Party General Secretary
The 13th Party Central Committee convened its first plenum in Hanoi on Sunday. The meeting elected the Party Politburo. Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected…
UK to apply to join CPTPP
Britain will apply to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a massive 11-nation free-trade bloc of Asia-Pacific countries, it announced Saturday International Trade…
UK foreign minister reassured EU will not block vaccine supplies
Britain’s foreign minister Dominic Raab said Saturday the EU has reassured him that it will not disrupt COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the UK. The statement…
COVID-19: 103 million infections worldwide
According to worldometers.info, as of Sunday morning, the world has recorded more than 103 million COVID-19 cases and more than 2.2 million deaths. Nearly…
Terrorist attack in northern Syria kills 6, injures 29
At least 6 civilians, including 3 children, were killed and 29 injured after a bomb went off in Afrin town, Syria on Saturday, the…
Localities strengthen COVID-19 prevention and control
Over the past two days, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh provinces in northern Vietnam and other localities have been actively tracing and quarantining COVID-19 infections….
Vietnam confirms 14 new COVID-19 infections
Vietnam reported 14 new COVID-19 community infections from 6 p.m Saturday to 6 a.m Sunday, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and…
Vietnamese people expect outstanding leadership of new Party Central Committee
Party members and people from ethnic communities in northwest Vietnam are pinning a high hope on the newly elected 13th-Party Central Committee. Nguyen Van…