(VOVWORLD) - The partnership between Vietnam and Australia is grounded on friendship and strategic trust, visiting Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - “Taste of Australia”, a festival introducing the country’s cuisine, was held by the Australian Embassy in Vietnam in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh passed away in his house in Hai Phong city after a period of illness, according to the Central Committee on Health Care for Senior Governmental Officials.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday asked Australia to further open its market for Vietnamese goods including farm produce, electronics, leatherwear, and apparel and promote cooperation with Vietnam in human resource development for emerging areas such as digital transformation, energy transition, green economy and circular economy.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the candidates, including Dr Tran Thi Giang Huong of Vietnam, for the election of the next WHO Regional Director of the Western Pacific.

(VOVWORLD) - President Vo Van Thuong said on Tuesday that Vietnam always treasures relations with Belgium and is keen on raising bilateral ties to a new height.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant this Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Top diplomats of Vietnam and Australia on Tuesday discussed ways to effectively implement high-level agreements between the two countries, including the upgrading of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

(VOVWORLD) - Leaders of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - converged on Johannesburg on Tuesday for a summit where they will weigh expanding the bloc as some members push to forge it into a counterweight to the West.

(VOVWORLD) - During the consultations between ASEAN economic ministers and their counterparts from the US, China, Russia, India, East Asia, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministers' Meeting in Semarang city, Indonesia, on Monday, participating countries acknowledged the progress made in implementing the Work Plan for the implementation of the ASEAN and US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).