(VOVWORLD) - Heavy rains from Saturday night to early Sunday morning swept through the northern provinces of Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, and Lao Cai, leaving 3 people dead, 2 injured, and 3 still missing.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said he hopes that Swiss agencies and experts would make recommendations to Vietnam on building, managing and operating the Vietnam International Financial Center.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that necessary conditions, facilities, and technical infrastructure be in place for the two-tier local government organization model to operate smoothly and effectively.

(VOVWORLD) -Cambodia and Thailand have reached a general agreement on an immediate and unconditional ceasefire effective from 24 hour on Monday, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced.

(VOVWORLD) -Diplomacy takes the lead in Vietnam’s regional and global integration, especially through historical milestones like membership of ASEAN, APEC, and WTO and signing hundreds of international agreements and treaties, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

(VOVWORLD) -Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have called on Thailand and Cambodia cease fire immediately and hold talks to resolve their conflict.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man’s ongoing trip to attend the 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva, Switzerland, is major parliamentary diplomacy event.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s accession to ASEAN three decades ago marked a pivotal moment in its integration and fostered unity and stability across the region, Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam told the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Vietnam’s accession (July 28).

(VOVWORLD) - Russia launched direct passenger flights from Moscow to North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Sunday, the first in decades.

(VOVWORLD) - The US struck a framework trade agreement with the European Union on Sunday, imposing a 15% import tariff on most EU goods - half the threatened rate - and averting a bigger trade war between the two allies that account for almost a third of global trade.