(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is visiting Portugal and Bulgaria from June 3-6. His visits are to enhance Vietnam’s multi-faceted cooperation, particularly in economics with these EU-member states.

(VOVworld) – The draft Law on Referendum will be debated for the first time at the 9th session of the 13th National Assembly. The law aims to promote democracy and people’s mastership and diversify direct democracy forms. The draft Law on Referendum specifies the 2013 Constitution and completes Vietnam’s legal system.

(VOVworld) – Shangri-La Dialogue 2015, an important security forum in Asia, was held in Singapore over the last 3 days. The dialogue conveyed a message that building trust and transparency is the precondition for maintaining an environment of peace and stability for cooperation and development in the context of security tensions in the region.

(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will arrive in Kazakhstan on Friday to attend the signing ceremony of the Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Community Free Trade Agreement. The free trade agreement with Vietnam - the Community’s first – creates a stable and favorable legal framework for economic ties between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Community.

(VOVworld) – Increasing pressure and sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to bring Pyongyang back to the negotiating table was the focus of a high-level meeting between the US, Japan, and the Republic of Korea in Seoul on May 27. Given Pyongyang’s recent “provocative acts”, a tough stance by 3 of the 6 countries involved in the 6-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program will only increase tension in the region.

(VOVworld)- National Assembly deputies are scheduled to debate the Law on Sea and Island Natural Resources and Environment in the next few days. Once approved, this new law will create a legal framework for state management of Vietnam’s sea and islands.

(VOVworld) – Major cities in Iraq and Syria have fallen to the Islamic State (IS) in recent months, despite air strikes by the US, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. The situation is challenging the US and the West to reconsider their strategy for dealing with IS.

(VOVworld)- The 9th session of the 13th National Assembly focused on ways to complete socio-economic tasks set for 2015. Despite some positive changes, Vietnam faces numerous difficulties and challenges demanding that the whole political system, Party, people and army unite to reach the targets.

(VOVworld) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon begins a two-day official visit to Vietnam on Friday. The visit will enhance multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and the UN.

(VOVworld)- The US-Chinese relationship has suffered from recent disputes in the East Sea. With China conducting activities intended to change the status of islands in the East Sea, Washington has expressed a tough attitude on the issue and defined red lines for China.