(VOVWORLD) - Prior to the “Day for the Poor” and “Month for the Poor, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, ministries, and sectors have launched activities to acknowledge models for escaping poverty and encouraging businesses, organizations, and individuals to help the poor.

(VOVWORLD) - Last week, the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change visited Vietnam to present the Special Report on ‘Global Warming of 1.5ºC’. He set out how climate change is already affecting people, ecosystems and livelihoods all around the world, including here in Vietnam. He underlined how essential it is to stop warming from reaching 2ºC. But this would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in developed and developing countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Just three years ago, in September 2015, all United Nations Member States approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The eradication of hunger and all forms of malnutrition (Sustainable Development Goal number 2) was defined by world leaders as a cardinal objective of the Agenda, a sine qua non condition for a safer, fairer and more peaceful world.

(VOVWORLD) - High-ranking officials of the two Koreas reached consensus on specific measures to refresh inter-Korean cooperation and implement agreements at the Inter-Korean Summit in September. A denuclearized, stable, and peaceful region with geographic advantages is expected to create big changes in North Korea’s economy and the region as a whole.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi on Sunday morning for Vienna, Austria, to attend the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 12) and the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 Summit (P4G). He will also pay official visits to Austria, Belgium, and Denmark and a working visit to the European Union (EU).

(VOVWORLD) - The US-China trade war is affecting Asian economies. Less developed nations have long enjoyed preferential tariffs of thousands of products imported by the US. But the preference is likely to end under the administration of US President Donald Trump.

(VOVWORLD) -October 13 marks Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day. Since Vietnam was reunified more than 40 years ago, the Vietnamese business circle has grown significantly.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday headed to for the ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering and a working visit to Indonesia at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The visit demonstrates Vietnam’s wish to boost comprehensive cooperation with ASEAN and Strategic Partnership with Indonesia.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc concluded a trip to Japan on Wednesday for the 10th Mekong-Japan summit and to pay a visit to enhance the Vietnam-Japan Strategic partnership.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is attending the 3rd Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments (MSEAP 3) in Turkey and will pay an official visit to Turkey at the invitation of Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Binali Yildirim.