(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has assumed the ASEAN Chairmanship this year. In addition to promote ASEAN’s partnerships and regional connectivity, Vietnam will prioritize economic cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party, State, and local administrations nationwide have organized activities to ensure a happy Tet for people nationwide, especially disadvantaged people.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is welcoming a new spring and a Lunar New Year 2020. Global uncertainty has deeply impacted many countries, including Vietnam. To continue to promote achievements in 2019, Vietnam will strive to overcome challenges to confidently gain better results in the future.

(VOVWORLD) - The Libya crisis has seen progress toward an end to the bloody clashes that since last April have killed over 2,200 people and forced 170,000 people to flee their homes. But analysts say it’s still too early to expect a lasting peace in Libya.

(VOVWORLD) - The lunar New Year 2020 is just a few days ahead. With the spirit of “the whole nation helps the poor, no one is left behind”, the Vietnam Fatherland Front has carried out activities to help social beneficiaries and ethnic people.

(VOVWORLD) - An art exchange program called “Homeland Spring 2020” was held on Saturday, welcoming more than 1,500 overseas Vietnamese from all over the world, who have returned home for Tet, Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year. The program, hosted by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is highly anticipated event among overseas Vietnamese when Tet comes.

(VOVWORLD) - The US and China signed their phase 1 trade deal on Wednesday after 18 months of tit-for-tat. The deal is sending a positive signal to the global financial market in the early months of 2020.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council has for the first time approved a separate Statement on the UN Charter. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chaired an open discussion of the UN Security Council, the first big event of Vietnam’s UNSC presidency in January, which is also the first month of its Council membership.

(VOVWORLD) -With the US’s influence waning, Russia, under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, is becoming the mediator in many areas.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has taken on the role of non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 term and assumed the rotating Presidency of the UN Security Council in January. It chaired an open debate of the UN Security Council last Thursday focusing on adhering to the UN Charter to maintain international peace and security. Vietnam gives high regard to complying with the UN Charter in preventive diplomacy and protecting human beings in disputes and natural disasters.