(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Monday chaired a conference with foreign businesses operating in Vietnam to address their concerns and encourage them to seize opportunities to do business in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia views Vietnam as not only a strategic partner but also a strategic friend, Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin said during Monday’s reception in Hanoi hosted by President Vo Van Thuong.

(VOVWORLD) - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong said on Monday that Vietnam treasures its traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia and the Communist Party of Vietnam attaches great importance to developing relations with Russian political parties.

(VOVWORLD) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday added more conditions for countries that want to host Olympic Games, saying that the countries that "politicize sports" will find it hard to get the right to host the global sporting event.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi moved up one place from last year to 96th in a global listing of 100 best tourist cities in the world as compiled by leading tourism advisory firm Resonance Consultancy.

(VOVWORLD) - Hue city has launched the app MGreen that facilitates waste classification and collection.

(VOVWORLD) - Two high-quality trains will be put into service on the Hanoi-Da Nang route on Friday to attract more passengers including foreign tourists, according to the Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Haraco).

(VOVWORLD) - Israel said on Monday no ceasefire had been implemented in southern Gaza even though security sources in Egypt said a deal had been reached to allow foreigners out of the besieged Palestinian enclave and aid to be brought in.

(VOVWORLD) - A new earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.5, occurred in Herat province in western Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving dozens injured, the local government of reported.

(VOVWORLD) - Poland's ruling party appeared on Monday to have lost their parliamentary majority in the nation's most pivotal election in decades, potentially opening the way for opposition parties to seize power in what would be a huge political shift.