(VOVWORLD) - The Japanese government on Sunday approved a bill to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s biggest free trade agreement, signed last November by 10 ASEAN countries plus China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran has refused a meeting with the US and several European countries over the tattered 2015 nuclear deal, and calls on Washington to lift its unilateral sanctions on Tehran.

(VOVWORLD) - The annual Red Spring Festival, the biggest blood donation campaign in Vietnam, has opened in Hanoi with the aim of collecting more than 4,000 blood units to be distributed to 180 medical centers in Vietnam’s northern provinces.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Head of the Vietnamese Delegation in Geneva, participated in the World Trade Organization (WTO) online February round of negotiations on fisheries subsidies.

(VOVWORLD) - Hai Duong Field Hospital 1, which was set up at Chi Linh city’s Medical Center nearly a month ago, was disbanded on Sunday, a mark of Hai Duong province’s success in the fight against COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - No new COVID-19 cases were reported in Vietnam Monday morning, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - The General Statistic Office will conduct a 2021 economic census nationwide starting from March 1.

(VOVWORLD) - According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam reported 16 new cases in the last 12 hours by 6 p.m on Sunday, raising the total infection cases to 2,448.

(VOVWORLD) - A campaign called “Run for Blood” or “Run4Blood” took place in Hanoi, Da Nang, and HCM City on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN and Canada reaffirmed commitment to strengthening cooperation under their new Plan of Action 2021-2025 in areas of mutual interests at the 9th ASEAN-Canada Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting via videoconference.