(VOVWORLD) - The US Embassy on Friday hosted a reception in Hanoi to mark the 249th anniversary of US Independence Day (July 4) and the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the US (July 11).

(VOVWORLD) - Iran is willing to resume negotiations with the United States, but only if Washington changes its behavior and guarantees there will be no further military strikes during the talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Friday proposed that the Mekong-Republic of Korea Summit be resumed in 2025 after a five-year hiatus to reaffirm at the highest level the commitment to a self-reliant, prosperous, and people-centred Mekong-Korea community.

(VOVWORLD) -Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport on Friday welcomed the first flight of Ethiopian Airlines, which marked the first direct flight from Africa to Vietnam with a frequency of four flights per week.

(VOVWORLD) -The 3-day ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 58) and related meetings concluded on Friday in Malaysia. The meetings were seen as a success in all three aspects – strengthening intra-bloc unity, deepening cooperation with partners, and enhancing ASEAN’s role in the regional and global architecture.

(VOVWORLD) -The US Embassy in Vietnam has handed over equipment, materials, chemicals and advanced DNA sequencing procedures to serve the identification of unidentified war remains in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Ho Chi Minh City, which has just merged with Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, should position its commerce with the strategy of one city - three centers, according to Friday forum entitled "Ho Chi Minh City Development Space - Driving Force from Building Supply Chains and Retail."

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday called on the US business community to continue to have a strong voice with the US Government and work with the Vietnamese Government in dialogue with US agencies to soon reach specific deals on tariffs for each reasonable product or group of products, towards a stable, harmonious, sustainable and mutually beneficial trade turnover.

(VOVWORLD) -A book entitled "Vietnam – A Perspective from Japan" has just been released by the Truth National Political Publishing House and Sbooks.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction and Monash University of Australia have signed a research cooperation plan as part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed earlier in May in Melbourne.