(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell had a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations.

(VOVWORLD) - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man paid a pre-Christmas visit to Quy Nhon Diocese in Binh Dinh province on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday afternoon arrived in Hanoi, concluding his official 3-day visit to Myanmar.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited some major investment establishments of Vietnam in Yangon on Wednesday as part of his official visit to Myanmar.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expanded the list of Ukrainian citizens on whom special economic sanctions are imposed by Russia.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has been chosen as the first destination for peace activities in Asia, as it has an increasingly important voice in the region, said Jean Pierre Raffarin, France’s former Prime Minister and President of the World Peace Organization.

(VOVWORLD) - Reviewing 14th Asian-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting that took place early this week in Madrid, Nguyen Minh Hang, head of Vietnam’s ASEM Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation, said the ASEM members agreed the forum needs to continue leading in promoting multilateralism and a rules-based world order, consolidating multilateral trade, and fighting all forms of protectionism.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the Vietnamese Party and government have always paid attention to the Vietnamese community abroad.

(VOVWORLD) - Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on Tuesday visited and offered warm wishes to Catholic dignitaries and followers in Thanh Hoa diocese and its head Pastor Nguyen Duc Cuong on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas and New Year.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that international cooperation and practical, effective responses are needed more than ever now to improve the situation for the world's refugees.