(VOVWORLD) - Sunday’s National Assembly and People’s Councils election marks a significant political milestone in Vietnam’s development, said Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Shovgi Kamal Oglu Mehdizade in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

(VOVWORLD) - The US and China began a new round of negotiations in Paris on Sunday, to address their trade truce and prepare for a visit by President Donald Trump to Beijing later this month.

(VOVWORLD) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that Iran welcomes any regional initiative aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East in a manner that ensures fairness for Tehran.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Monday chaired meetings of the Government Standing Board to discuss ways to achieve a 10% economic growth target, stabilize the macroeconomic situation, control inflation, and ensure major economic balances amid numerous challenges.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam and China held the first ministerial-level Strategic Dialogue among their foreign affairs, defense and public security ministries, known as the “3+3 Dialogue,” in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -Hai Phong city must upgrade its growth model based on science, technology, and innovation, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam said during a working session with the municipal Party Committee on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Ukraine negotiations have been temporarily suspended with the US now focused on other priorities.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party, State, and people of Vietnam consider the consolidation and development of relations with China a strategic choice and a top priority of Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification of external relations, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung said during strategic talks in Hanoi on Sunday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

(VOVWORLD) - Provinces in the northwestern region, including Lai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Lao Cai, and Tuyen Quang, completed elections of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and the People's Councils on Sunday with voter turnout rates of nearly 100%.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 76 million voters cast their ballots in the elections for the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils for the 2026-2031 term, reaching a turnout of 99.68%, according to data from the National Election Council updated at 11:23 p.m. on Sunday.