(VOVWORLD) -A ceremony was held in Da Nang city on Thursday to commemorate the Vietnam People’s Navy soldiers who sacrificed their lives in Gac Ma island, part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, 31 years ago.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam aims to earn 4.2 billion USD from shrimp exports and a total of 10 billion USD from seafood exports this year. A planning conference for the domestic shrimp industry was held Wednesday in Soc Trang province, one of Vietnam’s largest shrimp producers.

(VOVWORLD) - Green tourism will be the highlight of the 4-day Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2019, opening in Hanoi’s Friendship Palace on March 27.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council met behind closed doors with its Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths on Wednesday in an attempt to salvage a stalled truce deal seen as crucial to diplomatic efforts to end the war in Yemen.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump says he is in no rush to complete a trade pact with China. Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that any deal must include protection for intellectual property, a major sticking point in the last few months of negotiations.

(VOVWORLD) - The UK Parliament on Wednesday voted by 312 to 308 to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances, leaving open the possibility of delaying the UK’s departure from the EU.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will focus on completing its social welfare laws and policies, prioritizing the reform of social insurance and life-long learning for women and girls, and creating jobs for elderly and migrant women, thus fulfilling its gender equality targets.

(VOVWORLD) - Nguyen Van Binh, Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, said the Vietnamese Party and State treasure ties with the US, one of the leading partners of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’s general population and housing census will begin on April 1 and run for 24 days. The general census’s results will be announced in July, according to the central steering committee for general population and housing census.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has applauded agencies, party committees, armed forces, and businesses for their contributions to the successful hosting of the second DPRK-US Summit.