(VOVWORLD) - Developing countries in ASEAN, including Vietnam, will have opportunities for rapid, sustainable development if they prepare for renovation. The 4th industrial revolution will bring both advantages and challenges. Vietnam is striving to improve its competitiveness and join global supply chain.

(VOVWORLD) - Tien Giang should steam ahead and spur growth across the Mekong Delta, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at an investment promotion conference recently held in the province.

(VOVWORLD) - Trade tensions over the past two months between the US and China, the world’s two most powerful economies, have negatively impacted the global economy. Some major stock markets have stumbled and currencies have devalued against the USD.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Innovation Network was launched on Sunday allowing Vietnamese scientists here and abroad to share their visions and strategies for scientific and technological development in Vietnam. More than 100 overseas Vietnamese scientists participate in the program.

(VOVWORLD) - In August 1945, a call for a general uprising was delivered throughout Vietnam. 20 million Vietnamese rose up to wrest back power and gain independence from French colonialists. The momentous victory of the August Revolution manifested the people’s power and drew a lesson about great unity and considering people the root. The lesson continues to be learned in national resistance wars, construction, and defense.

(VOVWORLD) - Relations between the two NATO allies, the US and Turkey, are tense over Turkey’s detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson. Instead of seeking a compromise, Turkey has accelerated cooperation with countries that are counterpoised to the US. Meanwhile, the US is exacerbating Turkey’s economic crisis.

(VOVWORLD) - The 30th Diplomatic Conference is themed "Vietnam's diplomatic work: Proactiveness, Innovation, Effectiveness towards successfully implementing Resolutions of the 12th National Party Congress". It sets many important tasks for the diplomatic sector to contribute to Vietnam’s global integration in the new period.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and the US became comprehensive partners in 2013, opening the way for expanded cooperation in multiple fields –politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, security, defense, culture, education, science, technology, dealing with the aftermaths of war, and people-to-people exchanges.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump on Monday signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2019 (NDAA). He said it’s the most important investment in the modern history of the US army. The Act reflects his intention to counterbalance China much more strongly than his predecessors.

(VOVWORLD) - The 30th Diplomatic Conference opened in Hanoi on Monday. One of its four main aims is seeking ways the diplomatic sector can better help Vietnamese enterprises solve the problems of international integration.