(VOVWORLD) -200 businesses were honored at an award ceremony on Thursday for their contributions to promoting Vietnamese products on B2B e-commerce giant Alibaba.com as part of the “Vietnam Pavilion” project.

(VOVWORLD) - At a working session on Wednesday with France’s National Railway company SNCF, during his official visit to France, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on France to help Vietnam develop its railway industry by implementing the memorandum of understanding it signed with Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction, sharing experience, transferring technology, providing financial support, and human resource training.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a trade deal with China "is done, subject to final approval" from himself and Chinese President Xi Jinping, after a 2-day negotiation in London.

(VOVWORLD) -Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien held working meetings with leaders of multiple trade groups on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of his ongoing trip to the US.

(VOVWORLD) - At Wednesday meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his official visit to Sweden, overseas Vietnamese living in Sweden expressed their hope that Vietnam’s Party and State will help connect Vietnamese scientists and technology experts in Sweden and Vietnam and support the transfer of scientific and technological advances.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday began implementing agreements reached in Istanbul, Turkey, on repatriating the bodies of fallen soldiers and exchanging prisoners of war.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Minister for Environmental Protection and Green Transition of Croatia Marija Vučković co-chaired a panel discussion themed “Fostering sustainable fisheries management including supporting small-scale fishers” in Nice, France, on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday worked with several French corporations and enterprises to promote cooperation and investment in areas such as aerospace, information technology, pharmaceuticals, railways, and energy, as part of his bilateral activities in France.

(VOVWORLD) -President Luong Cuong and his wife presided over the official ceremony to welcome the President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda and his wife, who are on an official visit to Vietnam, on Thursday at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) -Departing from France, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Arlanda International Airport in Stockholm on Wednesday evening, beginning an official visit to Sweden.