(VOVWORLD) -Australia on Friday moved ahead with a World Trade Organization case against Chinese tariffs on barley imports, as tensions between the two countries showed little sign of abating.

(VOVWORLD) - The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that the US will not rejoin the Open Skies arms control pact, even as the two sides prepare for a summit next month between their leaders, the State Department said.

(VOVWORLD) - Two Vietnam Airlines flights carrying Bac Giang lychees left Noi Bai International Airport for Japan on Thursday, bringing the total amount of Bac Giang lychees exported to Japan in this year’s harvest season to 10 tonnes.

(VOVWORLD) - A recent article posted by Digitimes Asia said, Vietnam, along with Thailand, is considered the top choice for suppliers in Chinese Taiwan who plan to move into Southeast Asia to meet growing consumer demand.

(VOVWORLD) - Workers in industrial parks (IPs) will be vaccinated against COVID-19, beginning Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces should collect samples for testing in places that have yet to detect any infections and districts that have yet to apply social distancing, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said during an online meeting with leaders of the two provinces on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Hue city is preparing to seek UNESCO’s world heritage recognition for nine dings of the Nguyen Dynasty, Vietnam's last royal rulers.

(VOVWORLD) -The US intelligence community on Thursday acknowledged its agencies had two theories on where the coronavirus originated, with two agencies believing it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals and a third embracing a possible laboratory accident as the source of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) -California will offer more than 116.5 million USD in cash and gift cards to residents who get COVID-19 vaccinations before June 15, the latest - and most lucrative - incentive by U.S. states desperate to persuade laggards and vaccine-skeptics to get the injection.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed 40 new COVID-19 infections on Friday noon, raising the total count since the morning to 80.