(VOVWORLD) - The European Commission on Thursday proposed reopening all EU internal borders on Monday, and beginning to lift tourism restrictions on Balkan countries from July 1.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea said Friday its goal is to build up a "more reliable" force against long-term military threats from the United States, as the two countries marked the second anniversary of the first-ever summit of their leaders.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam values its Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia, Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly on Friday agreed on the need to promulgate a resolution piloting some financial and budget mechanisms and policies for Hanoi to boost its growth.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has no new community transmission of COVID-19 in 57 consecutive days, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on Friday. Of the 332 cases confirmed so far in Vietnam, only 11 are still active.

(VOVWORLD) - The UK hopes to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), UK Secretary of State for International Trade Elizabeth Truss told Japan’s Nikkei Asia Review newspaper on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - About 250 people from Vietnam, Thailand, New Zealand, and Australia will be granted permission per day to enter Japan starting from July.

(VOVWORLD) - More people will be able to afford imported cars from the EU once the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) takes effect from August 1st.

(VOVWORLD) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged Victoria state to scrap joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative, saying it is against Australia's national interest.

(VOVWORLD) - Spokesperson for Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang told reporters about Vietnam’s reactions to the US’s letter to the UN opposing China’s claim of sovereignty in the East Sea.