(VOVWORLD) - The US Department of State said Friday that the US has terminated 5 Beijing-sponsor exchange programs with China amid tension in bilateral ties.

(VOVWORLD) - Party leader and President Nguyen Phu Trong on Saturday sent a congratulatory message to King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, on the occasion of Thailand's National Day (Dec. 5).

(VOVWORLD) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) needs to strengthen administrative reform to create favorable conditions for businesses, said Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Several Vietnamese and foreign volunteers took part in the Vietnamese National Volunteer Festival on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - California has certified its presidential election results, appointing 55 electors who pledge to vote for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. The votes will officially hand Mr Biden the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's ST 25 rice won the second place at a contest of the world’s best in 2020, held within the framework of the 12th World Rice Conference in the US last week.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Norway have agreed to maintain and intensify suitable consultation mechanisms to share information and viewpoints in search of a common voice and to intensify consensus in dealing with issues in the agenda of the United Nations Security Council.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh addressed a debate of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) regarding the cooperation between the UN and the African Union (AU), held on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith is visiting Vietnam and co-chairing the 43rd session of the Vietnam – Laos inter-governmental committee from December 4 – 6.

(VOVWORLD) - The outlook for the global economy is improving despite a second wave of coronavirus outbreaks in many countries as vaccines emerge and a Chinese-led recovery takes hold, the OECD said on Tuesday.