Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man leads a delegation to the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and its related meetings which kick off in Manama, Bahrain.

Vietnam and Bahrain have agreed to ramp up bilateral cooperation in various fields at a political consultation during a working visit to Bahrain by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Quang Hieu.

Two more Middle East coutries confirmed on Monday (Feb 24) their first COVID-19 cases, the countries' health ministries announced.