(VOVWORLD) - British Prime Minister Theresa May won a confidence vote from her party on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Parliament on Wednesday endorsed to the EU’s trade agreement with Japan, the largest bilateral trade deal ever negotiated by the EU.

(VOVWORLD) - French prosecutor Remy Heitz, whose office leads terrorism investigations across the country, said that Cherif Chekatt, suspected perpetrator of the Strasbourg incident on Tuesday, is under 27 criminal convictions in France, Germany, and Switzerland.

(VOVWORLD) - The US and Vietnam on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost cooperation in infection prevention and the surveillance of antibiotic resistance and infection. Signatories were Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the US Robert Redfield.

(VOVWORLD) -The first deputy ministerial security dialogue between Vietnam and Australia concluded on Wednesday in Canberra, Australia.

(VOVWORLD) -Party leader and President Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the Vietnam Farmers’ Union to reform its operation and encourage famers to become a strong revolutionary force.

(VOVWORLD) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 188-million-USD loan to upgrade 200 kilometers of roads in Viet Nam's mountainous northwest region.

(VOVWORLD) - The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) held a gathering in Hanoi on Wednesday to offer Christmas greetings to its local branches as well as Catholic dignitaries and followers across Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is a silver lining in the Asian economy in 2019 with an economic growth of over 6 percent over the past two years. Vice President of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Wendy Cutler told a recent workshop on the future of Asia held by the ASPI in New York.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister and Head of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung is on a working visit to Russia to expand cooperation, particularly in e-government.