(VOVWORLD) - Bui Vien and Nguyen Hue are already pedestrian streets on the weekend. The Ho Chi Minh City Department is now asking the municipal authority to set up additional pedestrian streets on the weekend in Dong Khoi, Le Loi, Ham Nghi, Thi Sach, and Pham Ngoc Thach street. More pedestrian streets will create more entertainment venues and promote the city’s night economy.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU has reactivated talks on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum to reform a migration policy which has previously failed. This is the first time all 27 EU countries have been involved in the discussions. Migration has been one of the thorniest issues in the EU in recent years.

(VOVWORLD) - 1,010 years ago, King Ly Thai To decided to move his capital from Hoa Lu to Thang Long, now Hanoi. The capital grew steadily to become one of Vietnam’s two economic engines and the nation’s political, administrative, and cultural center.

(VOVWORLD) - In 1976, Vietnam joined UNESCO and set up a National UNESCO Committee to promote its cooperation with the organization one year later. For 44 years, Vietnam has worked closely with UNESCO and UNESCO members to promote peace, development, solidarity and cooperation between nations and protect cultural values.

(VOVWORLD) - The US, Japan, India and Australia, known as the Quad Group, pledged to expand cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific based on international law when they met in Tokyo on Tuesday for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, the government and the Prime Minister have paid special attention to reforming mechanisms and building an e-government to deliver better service to the public and businesses.

(VOVWORLD) - The draft documents of the 13th National Party Congress will be made available for the public comments from next Thursday after receiving feedback at Party Congresses. The documents cover national development goals until 2025 and 2030 and vision to 2045 and outline major milestones in making Vietnam a developed, socialist-oriented country. The Party documents embrace national wisdom and aspiration.

(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost all production and service businesses since the beginning of the year. The Vietnamese government has created a number of programs to help businesses recover from this difficult time.

(VOVWORLD) - Members of the Da Nang City Women's Union have done a great job of promoting and implementing environmental protection movements. Some of their effective movements involve collecting and recycling waste, making use of recycled products, growing vegetables, and keeping the city environment clean and green.

(VOVWORLD) - The 13th session of the 12th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on Monday. At the opening session, Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong stressed the need to focus discussion on the socio-economic situation in 2020, the plan for 2021, documents for the 13th National Party Congress, and a personnel plan for the next Party Central Committee.