(VOVWORLD) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam surged 52 percent to 1.9 billion USD in January, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

(VOVWORLD) - The top US envoy in Venezuela has been meeting officials of President Nicolas Maduro’s government to try to ease heightened tensions, despite the two countries having cut ties, according to officials in Caracas.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Public Security To Lam, and Chairman of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army Luong Cuong have been promoted from the rank of Senior Lieutenant General to General.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said Vietnam hopes to welcome 85 million domestic tourists and 18 million foreign tourists to boost tourism revenue to 30 billion USD in 2019.

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has agreed in principle to organize a forum on sustainable, climate-resilient development in the Mekong Delta in October.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on Monday hosted a reception for Evans F. David, President of the Asia Area of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church or Mormon Church).

(VOVWORLD) - Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on Monday presented Tet gifts to social policy beneficiaries and disadvantaged families and children in An Luc Long commune, Long An province.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday visited to current and retired high-ranking Party officials in the central region on the threshold of Lunar New Year Festival 2019.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea's Vice Defense Minister Suh Choo-suk said he believes the upcoming second US-North Korea summit will help build momentum for peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula.

(VOVWORLD) - The five-week federal government shutdown took a significant economic toll, costing the US economy 11 billion USD, with nearly a quarter of that total permanently lost, the Congressional Budget Office said on Monday.