VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam took everyone by surprise on February 22 by riding in Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro line No.1 from Ben Thanh Market to Suoi Tien Theme Park and engaged passengers in ordinary conversation.

The VPBank VnExpress Marathon Ho Chi Minh City opened on February 21, attracting an unprecedented 12,000 runners from 50 countries and territories.

VOV.VN - Several Thai newspapers, including the Bangkok Post, The Nation, and Today, have reported on Vietnam’s National Assembly approving a Cabinet reform plan in an attempt to cut costs and enhance administrative efficiency.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Russia reviewed bilateral cooperation and outlined orientations during a political consultation between the two countries’ Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi on February 21.

VOV.VN - A head-on collision between a sleeper bus and a semi-truck in northern Vietnam has resulted in six fatalities at the scene and eight others injured, reported local police.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam on February 21 decided to impose temporary anti-dumping duties on certain hot-rolled coil (HRC) products originating from India and China.

Automobile manufacturing, assembly, and export companies in Vietnam are actively expanding their export markets.

The cooperation between Vietnamese and Chinese localities is the motivation that drives the bilateral relations to a deeper and more comprehensive fashion, Politburo member, Chairman of the Central Theory Council and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang said on February 21.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel recently participated in the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, the traditional tree-planting festival, by planting friendship trees at the Ben Shemen Forest in central Israel.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Do Minh Hung presented his credentials to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on February 20 during which the King affirmed his support to the two countries' cooperation in such fields as people-to-people exchange and environmental protection.