(VOVWORLD) - Japanese contractor Hitachi on Tuesday completed the installation of all three passenger carriages of train No. 2 onto a trial track at a depot of Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 between Ben Thanh Market and Suoi Tien Theme Park.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is deeply concerned about the multi-faceted crisis in Lebanon, which seriously affects the living conditions of locals, said Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN Nguyen Phuong Tra.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam backs the Iraqi government’s efforts to prepare for the upcoming elections, acknowledge Iraq’s request for the UN Security Council’s support in election supervision, and is ready to discuss the request at the Security Council, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

(VOVWORLD) - Many German newspapers have run stories supporting the lawsuit lodged by Vietnamese French Tran To Nga against 14 multinational chemical companies that produced the toxic chemicals sprayed by the US army in Vietnam during the war, affirming that the plaintiff and her supporters are not deterred by the ruling of a French court that the case fell outside its jurisdiction.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 34 new COVID-19 cases including 33 locally-transmitted cases and 1 imported case in the last 12 hours as of Wednesday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - The Presidents of Vietnam and France underlined the importance of further strengthening cooperation between the two countries to respond to global issues and regional challenges, during their phone talks on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday held phone talks with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, during which they agreed to step up cooperation in the COVID-19 fight.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi is shutting down all beer clubs as part of its efforts to combat the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam-India Friendship Association (VIFA) presented 100 ventilators to help India combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Global cooperation, instead of competition and confrontation, is the only way to end the COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.