The Ministry of Planning and Investment has sketched out two scenarios for economic growth based on Vietnam’s achievements in the last 9 month and prospects for the remaining months of this year, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong told the press conference following the Government’s regular meeting
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday he will no longer seek the vice presidency in next year’s election and will retire from politics, meaning he will not race for any posts. His presidency will terminate in June, 2022. The overwhelming sentiment of the Filipinos is that he is not
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will hold talks with United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, as the two countries aim to rebuild diplomatic ties in the wake of a row over a lucrative submarine contract which France lost, French Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a
235 million people worldwide have infected with COVID-19, 4.8 million of them have died, according to worldometers.info by Sunday noon. The US tops the world in the number of infections (44.5 million) and deaths (719,000). Given a surge in fatality rate, US President Joe Biden has urged Americans to get
The world’s major economies must “stretch to do more” at next month’s UN climate talks to show they are serious about wanting to tackle global warming, US Climate Envoy John Kerry said on Saturday during a pre-COP26 meeting in Milan, Italy. A number of countries have committed to undertake tracks
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Saturday 1 wrapped up the #KeepingGirlsinthePicture – “For a future picture with girls” campaign, which drew over 50 inspiring stories. UNESCO launched the communication campaign on social networks in early August by collecting and spreading stories from the community about the
The US has delivered an additional 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam. These doses which arrived in Vietnam on Saturday were delivered through COVAX Facility and came directly from the Pfizer manufacturing plant in the US. With an aim to strengthen Vietnam’s capacity to respond to
