(VOVWORLD) - A peaceful, stable, and developing Vietnam is a role model for many other countries to follow, particularly developing countries and those in hot spots like the Middle East and Africa, said foreign diplomats during a recent interview with VOV’s correspondent in Egypt. The diplomats praised the steps Vietnam has taken to ensure peace, saying Vietnam plays a growing role in promoting solidarity, peace, and stability within ASEAN and globally.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has vowed an iron will and generous resources to achieve Vietnam’s sustainable development goals in the next decade. At a national conference in Hanoi on Thursday, he stressed the need to mainstream sustainable development in all Party guidelines and State policies because sustainable development is an urgent need and an obvious trend.

(VOVWORLD) -Despite numerous problems leaving the EU, with or without a deal, the UK has been able to make some trade deals with other countries to protect its economic interests. These positive results have made Prime Minister Boris Johnson confident that the UK will leave the EU as scheduled.

(VOVWORLD) - Climate change is one of the topics being discussed at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. As a nation seriously affected by climate change, Vietnam has adopted policies and actions to minimize the consequences of climate change on human rights.

(VOVWORLD) - Mid Autumn Festival, one of the traditional festivities of many Asian nations, takes place in the middle of the eighth lunar month. Each Asian country has a typical cake associated with this occasion.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Trump proclaimed talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders dead on Monday, one day after canceling peace talks planned for Camp David with Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. It surprised many observers. The US and the Taliban have negotiated for the past year to produce a deal.

(VOVWORLD) - The final round of a global entrepreneurship competition for Vietnamese (VietChallenge) took place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston last Saturday drawing 9 Vietnamese startups from different countries. The competition is part of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s project to support the national innovation startup ecology until 2025.

(VOVWORLD) - An international conference called “Meet Ambassadors from the Middle East and Africa 2019” opened in Hanoi on Monday. The two-day conference is being sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to bolster ties between Vietnam and African and Middle Eastern countries.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly Committee for Judicial Affairs has convened a plenary session to examine a government report on the fight against corruption this year. The report says progress has been made in anti-corruption efforts.

(VOVWORLD) - The Amazon countries will convene a summit on Friday to work out a shared policy on environmental protection and sustainable development of the forest. The summit comes during devastating Amazon forest fires that are hurting global efforts to cope with climate change.