(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung says Vietnam treasures and wants to expand mutually-beneficial cooperation with African countries like Tanzania.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said Vietnam always treasures its traditional friendship with China, which was fostered by President Ho Chi Minh and Chairman Mao Zedong along with many generations of leaders of both countries.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Parliament will vote next Tuesday on Ursula von der Leyen’s nomination to head the European Commission, a parliament spokesman said.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to set up an investigation into mass killings during Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “war on drugs”, a step that activists said was long overdue.

(VOVWORLD) - Moscow is ready for any kind of talks concerning Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - If European countries do not honor their commitments under the nuclear deal then Iran will reduce its own commitments, said MojtabaZolnour, chairman of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

(VOVWORLD) - The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States have held talks on the telephone to discuss Tokyo's recent export control measure against Seoul and questions of diplomacy relating to North Korea's denuclearization, South Korea’s foreign ministry said Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan will consider options if the US seeks cooperation in safeguarding commercial shipping in the Middle East following recent attacks on oil tankers in the area, Japanese officials said Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A meeting took place in Hanoi on July 11 to mark World Population Day (July 11) under the theme of Vietnam’s 25 years implementing the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development’ Programme of Action.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 6 months of 2019 increased by 9.7 percent, higher than last year’s figure of 8.5%, according to Vietnam’s macroeconomic outlook for the first half of 2019 released on Thursday by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).