(VOVWORLD) - With Hanoi social distancing, many supermarkets, shopping centers, and convenience stores have shifted to online sales and delivery to avoid large gatherings of people on site and slow the spread of the pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The shocking deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a container being transported from Belgium to the UK in October 2019 resulted in the UK’s largest murder investigation. With human trafficking and illegal migration a growing issue, Vietnam has made a concerted effort to ensure safe migration and prevent human trafficking as it continues to integrate internationally.

(VOVWORLD) - As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected economic growth and investment promotion, many localities have taken action to help businesses and household traders overcome difficulties. Specific measures cover fiscal policies, consultation, investment incentives, and administrative reform.

(VOVWORLD) - Last Thursday General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong delivered an appeal to all Vietnamese people at home and abroad to step up COVID-19 prevention and control efforts. He called on the Party and the people to embrace the Vietnamese tradition of mutual support and national unity to generate the strength and confidence needed to defeat the pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - The US has announced that its combat mission in Iraq will end by the end of this year. But it’s not a unilateral withdrawal decision as in Afghanistan. The US and Iraq have come to an agreement with strategic intentions from both sides.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Construction has setting up a special working group for COVID-19 prevention and control. The working group has provided quarantine sites with essential infrastructure and helped HCMC and Vietnam’s southern provinces build field hospitals.

(VOVWORLD) - Since Vietnam joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 26 years ago, it has proven itself a responsible member who plays a proactive role in the regional structure, working for peace and prosperity. Vietnam has worked with other members to build the people-centered ASEAN Community.

(VOVWORLD) - During the spreading COVID-19 outbreak and the social distancing that has been mandated in response, the Vietnamese government has been helping struggling people stabilize their lives.

(VOVWORLD) - Since HCM City imposed the most stringent social distancing under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16, people in central Vietnam have been sending agricultural products to those unlucky people who now find themselves in a pandemic hotspot.

(VOVWORLD) - One of this week’s major international diplomatic events was the two-day visit to China’s north-eastern port city of Tianjin by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. The visit was expected to help break the current deadlock and open up prospects for better relations between the two nations.