(VOVWORLD) -Truong Thi Mai, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilization Commission, has said the Party and State considers diplomacy an important factor in national development and Overseas Vietnamese an inseparable part of the national unity bloc.

(VOVWORLD) -Ho Chi Minh City wants to further develop the relationship with Singapore, particularly in trade, investment, education, culture, science and technology, a city official said.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia attaches special importance to relations with Japan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the 3rd 2+2 meeting between the two countries’ foreign and defense chiefs on Tuesday in Moscow.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN humanitarian affairs office said on Tuesday it is running out of funds for an emergency fuel program for 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, including 2,000 in hospitals who need electricity for life-saving devices.

(VOVWORLD) - Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Tuesday that the presidential election will be held on April 20, 2019, after the parliamentary and district council elections in October.

(VOVWORLD) - Syrian government forces seized from ISIS heavy weapons and ammo, including bombs made by Israel, inside storehouses controlled by Takfiri rebels in Rif Dimashq province.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reiterated the Government’s resolve to keep this year’s inflation below 4% and asked the State Bank of Vietnam to continue measures to macro-economic stability.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam-Singapore relations have flourished since the two established diplomatic ties 45 years ago, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said at a celebration in Singapore on Tuesday night.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam-Malaysia relations have been consolidated and developed in politics, diplomacy, defence, security, economics, and cultural exchange over the past 45 years, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Le Quy Quynh.

(VOVWORLD) -ASEAN senior officials and representatives of partner countries China, South Korea, and Japan on Wednesday in Singapore discussed programs, agendas, and documents to be submitted to the ASEAN + 3 Foreign Ministers Meetings, and the Action Plan until 2022.