(VOVWORLD) - Mexico does not act on the basis of threats and is a great neighbor of the US, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter on Friday in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat to close the US border with Mexico next week if it does not stop immigrants from reaching the US.

(VOVWORLD) - The House of Commons on Friday voted by 344 to 286 against the withdrawal agreement struck between Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU. This was the third time the divorce deal with the EU was rejected, leaving the date and terms of the UK's departure from the bloc uncertain or leading to the worst scenario of a no-deal Brexit.

(VOVWORLD) - The 32nd ASEAN-US Dialogue took place in Washington DC on Thursday and Friday to seek ways to boost bilateral ties.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese government pledges to further participate in the UN peacekeeping activities, said Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh at the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in New York on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The prefecture of Marrakech Karim of Morocco wants to boost cooperation with Vietnam, said Governor Kassim Lahlou during a meeting on Friday with visiting Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan began an official visit to France on Saturday after visiting Morocco over the past few days.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his pleasure over the flourishing extensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan at a reception for Isao Iijima, special advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister, in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has ordered ministries, sectors, and localities to continue to strictly implement the Prime Minister’s policy of forest closure.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said he hopes the retired high ranking leaders will continue to contribute their experience and wisdom to help in Vietnam’s socio-economic development and Party building.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a gathering in Hanoi on Friday to belatedly celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8), attracting the participation of female diplomats, officials, and wives of foreign ambassadors to Vietnam.