(VOVWORLD) - The French navy said an amphibious assault ship the Tonnere and the frigate Surcouf left their home port of Toulon on Friday and traveled to the Pacific on a three-month mission.

(VOVWORLD) - Australian authorities and Facebook had an important discussion on Friday, one day after the social media giant said it was no longer going to allow publishers and Australian users to share and view news content on its site.

(VOVWORLD) - The US’s decision not to impose anti-dumping tariffs on frozen shrimp products of the Minh Phu Seafood JSC exported to the US is objective and fair, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(VOVWORLD) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, called on major G20 economies including the US, China and India to set up an emergency taskforce to at least double global manufacturing capacity including through sharing of licenses and technology transfers.

(VOVWORLD) - A state funeral will be held for former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong, who passed away on Friday at the age of 79 due to ailment and old age, according to a special announcement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the National Assembly, the President, the Government, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF).

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Saturday attended the launch of a tree-planting festival in the south-central province of Phu Yen, in response to a program to plant 1 billion trees in the next 5 years.

(VOVWORLD) -A total of 15 community cases of COVID-19 were recorded over the past 12 hours as of 6 p.m. on Friday, all of which were detected in the northern province of Hai Duong, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Phase 1 of human trial of Nanocovax, the Vietnamese-made Covid-19 vaccine, has just been completed and phase 2 will be shortened from 6 months to 3 months but ensure the professional procedures and scientific and technological requirements, said the Ministry of Health on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Construction of the power supply system of Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 started on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Writers’ Association has decided to cancel the annual Vietnamese Poetry Day, slated for February 26th, due to the complex developments of COVID-19.