The UNESCO designated the Nui Chua National Park in the central province of Ninh Thuan and the Kon Ha Nung Plateau in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai as global biosphere reserves.

Vietnam's Health Ministry has conditionally approved eight COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country.

Vietnam became an official member of the United Nations (UN) on Sept. 20, 1977. Over the past 44 years, Vietnam has made proactive and positive contribution to the UN's activities.

Vietnam and the US have enjoyed thriving relations since the two countries established their diplomatic ties in 1995.

The positive achievements in socio-economic development in 2020 amid the prevalence of COVID-19 have offered Vietnam a further premise for the successful realisation of its socio-economic development targets this year.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's official visit to Cuba once again affirms the continuity of fraternal solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and mutual absolute trust between the two Parties, States and peoples over the past more than six decades.

The "message 5T" has been recently introduced by the Ministry of Health to curb the spread of COVID-19 during social distancing.

Vietnamese enterprises invested 575 million USD abroad in the January-August period, up over 74 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's data.

During the development of Vietnam’s revolutionary press, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) was among the press organisations to gain a complete attention of the beloved Uncle Ho. VNA has grown up from his teachings and comments on its bulletins.

On Sept. 15, 1945, the Việt Nam Thông Tấn Xã (now Thông Tấn Xã Việt Nam or Vietnam News Agency) officially broadcast to the world the Declaration of Independence and the list of members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Vietnamese, French, and English. Sept. 15 then became the traditional day of the Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam's Health Ministry has conditionally approved seven COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country.

A hospital providing treatment for severe and critical COVID-19 patients in Hanoi and northern localities started to receive patients from Sept. 1.

Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) in August was 0.25 percent against the previous month, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam-China import-export turnover maintains growth momentum

The Prime Minister on September 10 signed Decision No. 1469/QD-TTg appointing Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency Vu Viet Trang as the General Director of the agency.

Vietnam has proactively participated in trade and investment cooperation activities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), which comprises Cambodia, China’s Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, over the past 29 years.