(VOVWORLD) - President Donald Trump announced Monday that he has fired Mark Esper as his Defense Secretary and said Christopher Miller will serve as acting Defense Secretary.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula.

(VOVWORLD) - Secretary General of the ASEAN-Japan Centre, Masataka Fujita praised Vietnam's efforts in the role of ASEAN Chair this year, a difficult year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

(VOVWORLD) - US Attorney General William Barr gave blanket authorization on Monday for federal prosecutors to open investigations into alleged voting irregularities in the US presidental election.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will host the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings scheduled to be held online from November 12-15, according to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(VOVWORLD) - Legislators questioned Cabinet members about various political and economic issues at the Q&A session which ended on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Green Vietnam Fund was officially launched by the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFOREST) and several local wood associations on Monday, targeting to facilitate the sustainable development of Vietnam’s wood production and processing industry.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged construction units to complete runway upgrades at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airport before the end of this year.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU said Monday it will impose tariffs on imports of 4 billion USD worth of US goods beginning Tuesday, after the US announced tariffs of 7.5 billion USD on EU products.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the American people for their vibrant exercise of democracy in the US Presidential election last week in a statement released on Monday.