(VOVWORLD) - A seminar on human resource development for the environmental sector opened in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has applauded Australian Ambassador Craig Chittick’s major activities during his three-year tenure in Vietnam which left a good impression with two-way trade soaring by nearly 17% each year.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Information and Communications has called for joint efforts to protect brands and create a healthy and safe Internet environment in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vu Anh Quang, Head of the Vietnamese Mission to the EU, praised the EC’s decision to sign the EU-Vietnam free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). He said the deal will likely take effect by the end of this year or early next year.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Council announced on Tuesday that it has approved the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and assigned the EU to sign the deals with Vietnam on Sunday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and South Africa should consider building a free trade agreement to facilitate goods and service exchange and investment cooperation, said Bui Thi Thanh An, Deputy Head of the Trade Promotion Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam's permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva, on Tuesday chaired a plenary session of the Conference on Disarmament at the UN headquarters.

(VOVWORLD) - A North Korean state newspaper on Tuesday reiterated Pyongyang's desire for lasting peace on the peninsula and called on South Korea and the US to follow through on joint declarations aimed at enhancing bilateral ties.

(VOVWORLD) - Tehran will take steps to reduce its commitments under the nuclear deal with world powers next month, Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Tuesday in a note to the Fars news agency.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump’s administration at conference in Bahrain on Tuesday introduced a 50-billion-USD peace plan for the Middle East.