(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).

(VOVWORLD) - Bilateral relations and economic and trade cooperation between China and the US are facing difficulties, Chinese Premier Li Qiang told the chair of the US-China Business Council Marc Casper, who leads a delegation on a visit to Beijing. He said China is willing to work with the US to jointly safeguard international trade rules and ensure the stability of global industrial chains.

(VOVWORLD) - Abdel-Fatau Musah, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the Economic Community of Western States (ECOWAS), said Monday that ECOWAS has rejected the Niger junta’s three-year power transition plan.

(VOVWORLD) - Cambodia's National Assembly on Tuesday approved 45-year-old Hun Manet as the new Prime Minister for the 2023-2028 term.

(VOVWORLD) - All the 125 lawmakers newly elected to the 7th Cambodian National Assembly (NA) took their oaths at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Monday in front of King Norodom Sihamoni, nearly one month after the general election on July 23.

(VOVWORLD) - Bun cha, grilled pork meatballs with vermicelli noodles, claims the top spot on TasteAtlas' compilation of the most popular Vietnamese dishes.

(VOVWORLD) - Australia values the warm and deep relationship with Vietnam and acknowledges that the two countries still have a lot of room to promote cooperation, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong told VOV’s journalist in Australia before her visit to Vietnam.