(VOVWORLD) - President Vo Van Thuong and his wife visited a number of overseas Vietnamese in the US on Wednesday while he is in the US for the APEC Leaders' Week and bilateral activities.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the celebration of the new academic year at the Vietnam National University-HCM City on Thursday. The new school year has the theme “Tertiary Education and its Role to Create Drivers for Rapid, Sustainable Development.”

(VOVWORLD) - On Wednesday, President Vo Van Thuong received California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Deputy Mayor, Erin Bromaghim, while attending the APEC Leaders’ Week and bilateral activities in the US in San Francisco.

(VOVWORLD) - On Wednesday the US Senate passed legislation to extend funding for federal agencies, moving the bill forward to avert a government shutdown. It now goes to President Biden’s desk just days before the weekend deadline.

(VOVWORLD) -President Vo Van Thuong received in San Francisco on Wednesday CEO of Apple Tim Cook and Dr. Brendan Nelson, Senior Vice President of the US-based Boeing Company while he is in the US for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week and bilateral activities.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's efforts in economic development and poverty reduction have been remarkable, said UN Special Rapporteur Surya Deva, who concluded a 10-day working visit to Vietnam on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked related agencies, sectors, and localities to create favorable conditions for the elderly to be an important source of development and pillars of family and society.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian purposes in the Gaza Strip.

(VOVWORLD) - President Vo Van Thong said he hopes US firms will persuade the US administration to soon recognise Vietnam’s market economy status and remove Vietnam from the list of semiconductor support restrictions to create more favourable conditions for cooperation programs and projects between the two sides.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam welcomes US investors to invest in areas like high-tech, chip manufacturing, semiconductor production, the green economy, the digital economy, and cashless payments, said President Vo Van Thuong at a roundtable in San Francisco on Wednesday connecting Vietnamese and US businesses and localities.