(VOVWORLD) - The Financial Times reported on Sunday that the US and Japan are planning the most significant upgrade in their security cooperation since signing a mutual defense treaty in 1960.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on Wednesday hosted the official welcome ceremony for visiting Finnish Parliament Speaker Jussi Halla-aho. Afterwards, the two held talks, where Chairman Hue proposed that the two countries maximize the benefits from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’s GDP will stay at a moderate level, reaching 6.1% in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Vietnam economic update report released on Monday by the Standard Chartered Bank.

(VOVWORLD) -A magnitude 4.0 earthquake occurred in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc district on Monday, according to the Institute of Geophysics at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

(VOVWORLD) - Moscow is ready to talk with the West but with a guarantee of full consideration of the legitimate interests of the Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with TASS news agency on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Investing in institution building is investing in development, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told a government legislative session for March on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The body of Dang Duy Kien, a Vietnamese crew member killed in an attack by the Houthis on March 6 in the Red Sea, was brought back to Vietnam by the authorities and his family on Sunday evening.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam was invited as the guest of honor to the Francophone Weekend festival in Yèbles village, more than 50km east of Paris, where representatives of Francophone countries present in France introduced their national culture through music, cuisine, literature or folk games.

(VOVWORLD) -The Hanoi Youth Union on Sunday hosted a program called Youth Union Members Day to celebrate the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, March 26.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam pledges to engage responsibly in international parliamentary diplomacy and enhance the position of the country and its National Assembly in global and regional parliamentary collaboration.