(VOVWORLD) - The Spanish government said Wednesday that it will stop Catalonia’s former President Carles Puigdemont from being re-elected.

(VOVWORLD) - Leaders from China, South Korea, and Japan on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to peace and stability on the Korean peninsula in a joint statement at the 7th trilateral summit in Tokyo.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam supports and will actively contribute to this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh said at a Wednesday reception in Hanoi for Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)–Asia in Singapore Tim Huxley.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia celebrates the 73rd anniversary of its victory over fascism (May 9) with a military parade in Red Square, Moscow, involving more than 13,000 troops and state-of-the-art weapons.

(VOVWORLD) -Quang Ninh will host Vietnam Sea and Islands Week early next month. The event marks the World Ocean Day 2018 (June 8) and includes a seminar “Youth with sustainable development and protection of Vietnam’s sea and islands”.

(VOVWORLD) -A conference on how to take advantage of the Vietnam-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement was held on Wednesday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).

(VOVWORLD) -The 25th Vietnam Medi-Pharm exhibition opened in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Party Central Committee (PCC) discussed personnel work under the chair of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Wednesday morning.

(VOVWORLD) - A draft law on cyber security was discussed in Hanoi on Tuesday at a workshop organized by Institute for Policies Studies and Media Development (IPS) and Vietnam Digital Communication Association.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam called on Australia to speed up the opening of markets for Vietnamese passion fruit and longans at their second policy dialogue on agriculture in Canberra on Tuesday.