(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono said on Thursday that the government has decided to scrap a plan to deploy land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense systems, believed to defend Japan against missile and nuclear weapon threats from North Korea.

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi applauded Vietnam’s chairmanship in COVID-19 response in Jakarta on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - A forum to promote Vietnam’s e-commerce development in post-COVID-19 opened in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday. Delegates hailed the sector’s growth in the context of the pandemic impact, especially increasing trends in on-line purchasing.

(VOVWORLD) - A Radio and TV Technology Show opened in Dong Thap province on Thursday as part of the 14th National Radio Festival.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Grand Sale 2020 will take place from July 1 to 31 nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the International Convention Center in Hanoi on Thursday to inspect preparations for the 36th ASEAN Summit, which will take place on-line on Friday. The gathering will be the first official summit hosted by Vietnam as ASEAN Chair in 2020.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a meeting Thursday with the Ministry of Public Security to review its performance in the first half of this year.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam backs the two-state solution, with the establishment of the State of Palestine, whose capital would be East Jerusalem, existing peacefully alongside the State of Israel, based on the 1967 borderline and relevant resolutions of the UN.

(VOVWORLD) - Delegates attending the current National Radio Festival on Thursday visited the relic honoring Nguyen Sinh Sac – the father of President Ho Chi Minh – in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesia hopes that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be signed in November, said Iman Panbagyo, Director-General for International Trade Negotiations of the Indonesian Ministry of Trade.