(VOVWORLD) -US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held candid, substantive, and constructive talks on Sunday with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing, the US State Department spokesperson said the same day.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Public Security on Sunday allocated funding to build 1,200 houses for poor and Khmer ethnic families in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang. Each house to be built will receive more than 2,100 USD.

(VOVWORLD) - Quang Ninh province has received 800 blood units and hopes to receive 5,500 units by September 30, when its summer blood donation campaign ends.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Monday chaired a meeting in Hanoi to review one-year’s operation of provincial and municipal Steering Committees for Anti-Corruption and Negativity.

(VOVWORLD) - The US secretary of state and Chinese foreign minister on Sunday held what both called candid and constructive talks on their differences.

(VOVWORLD) - The Nha Trang-Cam Lam and Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet expressways were inaugurated on Sunday, raising the total length of expressways put into operation in the North-South axis to 954km.

(VOVWORLD) - The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Saturday celebrated 30 years of UNESCO’s recognition of the Complex of Hue Monuments and 20 years of recognition of nha nhac (royal court music).

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday announced the commencement of 3 key transportation projects which are expected to cost a total of 5 billion USD.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday gave African leaders seeking to mediate in the conflict in Ukraine a list of reasons why he believed many of their proposals were hard to realize.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing on Sunday, the first top American diplomat to visit China in five years, amid frosty bilateral ties.