(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Belgian counterpart, Charles Michel held talks in Brussels on Tuesday afternoon (local time). They agreed to enhance economic cooperation and improve the effectiveness of cooperation projects as well as coordination among mechanisms.

(VOVWORLD) -General Ngo Xuan Lich, Minister of National Defense, received his US counterpart James Mattis in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The national target program on sustainable poverty reduction from 2016 to 2020 has reached the halfway point. So far 38 communes have escaped from disadvantaged conditions and completed new rural criteria.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s first tissue bank was opened at Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, where Phuc will attend the 12th ASEM Summit, pay a working visit to the EU, and make an official visit to Belgium.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always considers the US one of its important partners, said Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan while hosting a reception for US Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A 5-day national folk song festival will open on Saturday as part of the the 2018 Tourism Year Ha Long-Quang Ninh.

(VOVWORLD) - A Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) to prepare for the 33rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings was held in Singapore on Monday and Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Female officials, entrepreneurs, and students attended the 2018 Women in Vietnam Conference, which opened in Ho Chi Minh city on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced a US campaign to smear Cuba.