(VOVWORLD) - Experts on the East Sea say China’s “grey zone” strategy provokes tension in order to control most of the East Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN Defense Ministers are gathering in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss sustainable security in the region. The ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) and the 6th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) stressed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea to ensure regional and global security.

(VOVWORLD) - The revised Law on Exit, Entry, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam is expected to be ratified at the ongoing National Assembly session. The revisions aim to legalize the granting of e-visas to foreigners in order to make it easier for them to visit Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey continues to send ISIS prisoners back to their home countries from detention centers in northeast Syria, triggering tensions with European countries, who have revoked the citizenships of many of the captured jihadists.

(VOVWORLD) - The 5th Buckwheat Flower Festival will open in Ha Giang province on Friday. Meo Vac district is at the heart of the festival because of its vast buckwheat flower fields.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Party and State have always considered national unity one of the motivations for national development and people’s happiness. Vietnamese people regardless of class, ethnicity, or religion, have united in national construction and defense.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Lower House of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin is paying an official visit to Vietnam from Wednesday to Friday at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s startup market has attracted a growing number of Korean venture capital firms. The Vietnam Tech Investment Report produced by ESP Capital and Cento Ventures shows that Korean firms were the most active investors during the year’s first half, having participated in almost 30% of the deals with a total capital of 246 million USD. The “Vietnam Startup Roadshow in Korea 2019” was held in Seoul and Busan last week to inform Korean investors of Vietnam’s improved startup ecosystem.

(VOVWORLD) - The Iran nuclear deal reached in 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 (the US, the UK, Russia, France, and China, plus Germany) is on the verge of collapse after US President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the deal.

(VOVWORLD) - China’s recent illegal actions and violations of the 1982 UNCLOS have threatened order and stability in the East Sea causing great international concern. Vietnam, who is directly affected by China’s activities, has always maintained a clear, consistent stance of settling disputes by peaceful means.