(VOVWORLD) - The US Department of Defense on Monday expressed deep concern about China’s “coercive interference” in Vietnam’s longstanding oil and gas activities in the East Sea, as well as its repeated violations of the rules of international order throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

(VOVWORLD) - A Japanese researcher has just announced a project on training Vietnamese health workers in addressing problems related to Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin, the chemical that was sprayed by the US in Vietnam during the war.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan will go through with plans to revoke South Korea's status as a trusted trade partner.

(VOVWORLD) - Brazil has rejected 20 million USD aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon.

(VOVWORLD) - The G7 has agreed to spend 20 million euros (22 million USD) to send fire-fighting aircraft to tackle the huge fires engulfing many parts of the world’s biggest rainforest, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera announced Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Singapore hopes to foster comprehensive cooperative relations with Ho Chi Minh City, a proactive and innovative city with positive contributions to both Vietnam and the region, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Botswana should help firms with market survey and business promotion activities, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at a Monday reception for Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Botswana Unity Dow in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) has invited young Japanese parliamentarians to visit Vietnam in January to enhance relations between the two legislative bodies, President of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Pham Minh Chinh said on Monday at a meeting with Japan’s State Minister of Finance Suzuki Keisuke.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau said Vietnam attaches importance to cooperation with the Republic of Korea.

(VOVWORLD) - Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich hosted a reception in Hanoi on Monday for visiting ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi.