(VOVWORLD) - The US, Canada, and Mexico on Friday officially signed an updated free trade agreement, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina.

(VOVWORLD) - European Council President Donald Tusk said that the EU would be ready for a no-deal Brexit scenario if the UK House of Commons rejects the withdrawal treaty agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May.

(VOVWORLD) -Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilization Commission is a on a 3-day visit to the US.

(VOVWORLD) -Micro Dragon, a satellite developed by 36 Vietnamese engineers, will be launched into space on January 17, announced the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay a 4-day official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The second double-decker bus tour named Thang Long-Hanoi City Tour was launched in Hanoi on Friday. Tickets cost VND219,000 for a four-hour tour, VND329,000 for 24 hours and VND479,000 for 48 hours.

(VOVWORLD) -The Australian Trade and Investment Commission and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training held a conference on Vietnam-Australia general education cooperation initiative on Friday in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) -The Central Highlands Gong Cultural Festival 2018 opens in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province, on Friday night, involving more than 1,000 gong players from the region.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has applauded Gia Lai province’s economic restructuring resulting in high growth and effective production models using advanced technology.

(VOVWORLD) - Five hundred delegates met in Hanoi on Friday for an international seminar on the 2018 Vietnam Information Security Day.