(VOVWORLD) - US-based travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler has described Hanoi as an urban gem of northern Vietnam, highlighting its French facades, scooter-filled lanes, and sizzling street food that make the capital city well worth a stop.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnam-Laos ties cultivated by President Ho Chi Minh, President Kaysone Phomvihane, President Souphanouvong and generations of leaders of the two Parties and States, have become a special, pure, loyal relationship that is rare in modern world history, Party General Secretary To Lam said on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -A State welcome ceremony was held in Hanoi on Monday for visiting Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. Afterwards, talks were held between President Luong Cuong and the Sultan, where both leaders agreed to coordinate closely to double two-way trade turnover as soon as possible.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam and Laos agreed to deepen bilateral relations by adding new connotations: “Great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, strategic cohesion”. This is an affirmation of the two countries’ shared vision, intertwined strategic interests and long-term companionship for the goal of sustainable development, self-reliance and prosperity.

(VOVWORLD) - Lawmakers on Monday discussed revisions of the Geology and Mineral Law. Many of them agreed on the need to have strict management mechanisms of rare earths and other national strategic resources for economically efficient exploitation and use, while guaranteeing national defense and controlling environmental risks.

(VOVWORLD) - US media reported on Sunday that US President Donald Trump delivered an ultimatum to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a recent phone, telling him to resign and “must leave the country now.”

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Party leader To Lam, his wife, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Vientiane on Monday to begin a State official visit to Laos and attend the 50th National Day celebration of Laos.

(VOVWORLD) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plus its allies (OPEC+)agreed on Sunday to maintain current crude oil production levels through December next year.

(VOVWORLD) -A meeting between US and Ukrainian officials in Florida on Sunday was "very productive," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that work still remains towards ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

(VOVWORLD) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country's president on Sunday for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing that criminal proceedings were hindering his ability to govern and a pardon would be good for Israel.