(VOVWORLD) - Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter said Monday that Switzerland wants to accelerate negotiation of a Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association, which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam should create new growth momentum through stronger public investment and private sector participation, said Shantanu Chakraborty, Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam, in an interview with VOV on the current economic outlook.

(VOVWORLD) - Building an international financial center (IFC) is one of the institutional breakthroughs identified by the Party and State, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Tuesday, while chairing a government session on draft decrees to implement National Assembly Resolution 222, which sets out special mechanisms and policies for establishing an IFC.

(VOVWORLD) - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday they had killed several terror operatives who crossed the Yellow Line demarcating the military’s withdrawal and approached troops in the southern Gaza Strip.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraq has pledged to bring all weapons under the control of the state, but that will not work so long as there is a US-led coalition in the country that some Iraqi factions view as an occupying force, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Visitors gathered along the Maspero River in Can Tho city on Monday to watch the release of water lanterns (Loiprotip) and colorful Ca Hau boats during the Ok Om Bok festival.

(VOVWORLD) - State Secretary Sara Modig of Sweden’s Ministry of Climate and Enterprise visited Vietnam from Sunday to Tuesday, highlighting Sweden’s commitment to advancing sustainable development, innovation, and green infrastructure in partnership with the Southeast Asian country.

(VOVWORLD) -Experts continued discussions on the leadership role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the importance of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in ensuring stability at sea as the 17th South China Sea International Conference entered the second day on Tuesday in Da Nang city.

(VOVWORLD) -The Philippines and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Japanese government said on Monday, while South Korea is considering a similar move.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam met with core members of the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group of the 48th Federal Parliament for the 2025-2028 tenure in Canberra on Monday.