(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy reiterated ASEAN’s commitment to narrowing development gaps between its members at the 57th session of the Commission for Social Development of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - There is no humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza told reporters at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday checked preparations for UN Vesak Day 2019 in Ha Nam province.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday to begin a three-day official visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the invitation of DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, according to Yonhap news agency.

(VOVWORLD) - China and Russia expressed hope that the second US-North Korean summit will be a success, and reaffirmed their commitment to a political settlement of Korean issues.

(VOVWORLD) - Thailand and the US on Tuesday held the opening ceremony of their annual Cobra Gold military exercise, the biggest exercise of its type in the Asia-Pacific region, with 29 nations taking part as participants or observers.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam hosted a reception on February 12 for a delegation from SOS Children’s Villages International and a group of donors, led by Governor of Austria’s Tyrol state Gunther Platter and Honorary President of the organisation Helmut Kutin.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has inspected the preparations for the United Nations (UN) Day of Vesak 2019 at the Tam Chuc Buddhist Cultural Centre in Ba Sao commune, Kim Bang district of the northern Ha Nam province, the host of the event.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Prosperity Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VPBank) has been the only Vietnamese private bank to be named in the 2019 list of the world’s top 500 valuable bank brands, announced recently by Brand Finance.

(VOVWORLD) - British armed forces on Monday announced plans for “swarm squadrons" of drones to overwhelm enemy air defenses.