(VOVworld) – The Prime Minister will meet with businesses on April 29 in Ho Chi Minh city to discuss ways to build a favorable environment for businesses to grow and become the driving force in national economic development.

(VOVworld) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 7 poliomyelitis (polio) cases worldwide since the beginning of this year. Polio virus transmission is at its lowest rate in history. The WHO expects to achieve a polio-free world by 2018 or earlier.

(VOVworld)- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded his tour of 3 Southeast Asian nations on Sunday with a statement on a 4-point agreement on the East Sea. The visit came with The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands, about to announce its final ruling on the Philippines’ maritime rights lawsuit against China. Some analysts say Beijing’s scheme behind this visit was to cause division within ASEAN over East Sea disputes.

(VOVworld)- Vietnam’s GDP growth rate increased 5.46% in the first quarter of this year, less than in the same period last year. But economists predict the national economy may achieve the goal of 6.7% GDP growth rate if reforms are undertaken aggressively.

(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama visited the UK from April 21 to 24. Economic issues, the war on terror, and persuading the UK to remain in the EU topped his agenda.

(VOVworld)- Bounnhang Volachith, General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos, began an official friendly visit to Vietnam on Monday.

(VOVworld)- The 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem, which ended on April 21, was held for the first time in 2 decades. UN officials and world leaders discussed a new approach of the fight against drugs, putting people at the centre. However, differences between countries spark concerns about anti-drug efforts.

(VOVworld) – On April 22 Vietnam and more than 100 other countries attended the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in New York 4 months after it was approved in Paris. Climate change adaptation is currently one of Vietnam’s priorities.

(VOVworld) – The Syrian opposition has withdrawn from peace talks in Geneva due to what it calls the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Syria. This has stalled efforts to end Syria’s 6-year civil war.

(VOVworld) – Vietnamese and Russian archaeologists have found valuable artifacts in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai that they say belonged to ancient humans around 800,000 years ago. The discovery has put Vietnam on the list of a few countries that witnessed human evolution.