(VOVWORLD) - The Da Nang Festival – Welcome New Year 2021 kicked off at Asia Park in the central city of Da Nang on Wednesday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - The test run of Hanoi’s first metro line has been completed, and it will be handed over to city authorities next quarter for commercial operation.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi plans to build the second waste-to-energy plant on the outskirts to serve the capital city’s garbage treatment.

(VOVWORLD) - The tests of all of the 100 samples of imported frozen food in Ho Chi Minh City have turned out negative for the corona virus SARS-CoV-2, the municipal Food Safety Management Authority said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam gained 2.7 billion USD from shipping an estimated 1.7 million tonnes of coffee abroad in 2020, accounting for over 10 percent of the world’s coffee value and 18 percent of the market share, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam ASEAN Para Games Organizing Committee has proposed a total of 11 sports to be played at the 11th Southeast Asian Para Games (ASEAN Para Games 11) which is scheduled to be held in Hanoi from December 17-23 in 2021.

(VOVWORLD) - European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on behalf of the European Union signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on Wednesday in Brussels. The 1,246 page document will be flown to London where Prime Minister Boris Johnson will sign for the UK.

(VOVWORLD) - An additional two imported COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Wednesday, raising the national tally to 1,456, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health’s web portal has made public prices of services of 1,400 hospitals, 62,000 pharmaceutical products, and medical equipment.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Cuba sought measures to increase two-way trade to 500 million USD in 2025 during the 38th meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee, held online on Wednesday.