(VOVWORLD) - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Uong Chu Luu met with Romanian Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall on Friday to discuss bilateral cooperation in various fields during his visit to Romania.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on Friday for Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Fumio Kishida, who said Vietnam’s development is important to his country and regional connectivity.

(VOVWORLD) -Ho Chi Minh City’s Red Cross Society has launched a humanitarian month of action in response to the World Red Cross Red Crescent Day “Everywhere for Everyone” on May 8.

(VOVWORLD) -Ho Chi Minh City has hosted a scientific workshop entitled “Karl Marx and contemporary history” to highlight revolutionary values of Karl Marx’s ideology and its significance to the Vietnamese revolution.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang has hailed the contribution by Karl Marx in global workers’ and laborers’ revolution in his writing to mark Marx’s 200th birthday on May 5.

(VOVWORLD) -North Korea readjusted its time zone to match South Korea’s on Saturday and described the change as an early step toward making the longtime rivals “become one” following a landmark summit.

(VOVWORLD) -President Donald Trump said the time and place for his landmark meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been set, although he declined to reveal the details.

(VOVWORLD) -Vladimir Yermakov, Director General of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control at Russia's Foreign Ministry, told reporters on Saturday that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) known commonly known as the Iran deal or Iran nuclear deal has received broad backing at a UN non-proliferation conference in Geneva, except for the US and some other members of the NATO.

(VOVWORLD) -Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang made the remarks on Friday in response to reporters’ question about Vietnam’s reaction to the 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices of the US Department of State.

(VOVWORLD) - Chief Justice of the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh is paying a working visit to China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Zhou Qiang.