(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 2 for Chairperson of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam of the UK Wayne David, assuring him that Vietnam highly values its friendship and cooperation with the UK.

(VOVWORLD) - The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, the National Assembly, Government, and the Lao Front for National Construction’s Central Committee on October 2 extended condolences to the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, National Assembly, Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee over the passing of Do Muoi, former General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi authorities will propose a pilot project to build an urban administration model this December, according to a meeting of the municipal Party Committee on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics to American Arthur Ashkin, French Gerard Mourou and Canadian Donna Strickland for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics.

(VOVWORLD) - Authorities must adopt policies that allow the elderly to take part in socio-economic activities.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is promoting Vietnam tourism to the world through various activities.

(VOVWORLD) - Trade disputes and tariffs are starting to dim the outlook for global growth, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in a speech on Monday ahead of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings next week in Indonesia.

(VOVWORLD) - The Indonesian Government will not declare the powerful earthquakes and subsequent tsunami in Central Sulawesi a national disaster, but it will accept international aid, said Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

(VOVWORLD) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has dropped plans to visit China amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington, a US defense official said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - British Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said that the UK will leave the EU without a deal if the EU insists on membership of the customs union of European Economic Area (EEA).