(VOVWORLD) - Iran is open to dialogue with the US without preconditions, but such talks remain elusive so long as Washington fails to show Tehran respect, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Israeli Embassy in Vietnam and the Hanoi People’s Committee on Saturday will mark the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-Israel diplomatic relations.

(VOVWORLD) - At the ongoing National Assembly session on Tuesday, Minister and Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Do Van Chien presented a report reviewing 3 years of supporting the socio-economic development of ethnic minorities in mountainous areas.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong was elected President of Vietnam for the 2016-2021 tenure by the National Assembly on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The northern province of Ha Nam will be developed into a resort centre in the Red River Delta region by 2030, according to the locality’s master plan for tourism development for 2030, with a vision to 2050.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese startup travel company Ecohost beat 110 competitors to take second prize in the 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) challenge.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly’s year-end session today continues to discuss a personnel plan for election to the post of President, approve the appointment and dismissal of the Minister of Information and Communications, and listen to reports on socio-economic and state budget plans.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia wants an explanation for the US’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and is open to retaliation, a Russian official said on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday it will now be harder for countries to get waivers on Iran oil sanctions than during the Obama administration.

(VOVWORLD) - Middle East media quoted the Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister as saying that the Syrian government has approved an inspection of two research centers by the joint panel of UN experts and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).