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Indonesian President Joko Widodo on February 17 affirmed that there will be no Cabinet reshuffle in a near future as the government is focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic combat.

Vietnam condemns all terrorist attacks and extreme violence in Iraq, Vietnam's representative said at an online meeting of the United Nations Security Council on February 16.

The Indonesian National Council for Special Economic Zones has approved two new special economic zones (SEZs), namely the Lido in West Java and the Java Integrated Industrial Ports and Estate (JIIPE) in East Java.

Fifty-two couples got married while riding elephants on February 14, in an annual Valentine's Day mass wedding ceremony at a botanical garden in the eastern Thai province of Chon Buri.

Leaders of several foreign countries have extended their greetings in the Vietnamese language on the occasion of the 2021 Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

The Vietnam News Agency has selected the Top 10 events that shaped the world in 2020.

Prof. Pankaj Jha of O.P. Jindal Global University in Sonepat of India has lauded Vietnam’s economic development in recent years.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d’affaires ad interim of Vietnam at the United Nations Security Council, voiced his concern over the unstable security and humanitarian situation in Syria.

Indonesia is eyeing a 50 billion USD bilateral trade with India by 2025, as the figure has already reached 20 billion USD last year.

The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency of Indonesia has considered granting emergency using licenses for three COVID-19 vaccines namely AstraZeneca, Sinopharm and Novavax, Head of BPOM Penny K. Lukito said.

The website trybuna.info of Poland recently posted an article, in which author Piotr Gadzinowski shows belief that Vietnam will achieve the goal of building a prosperous and happy nation.

The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce on February 5 issued a feedback document about the country’s recent suspension of catfish imports from several neighbouring countries.