(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s accession to ASEAN three decades ago marked a pivotal moment in its integration and fostered unity and stability across the region, Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam told the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Vietnam’s accession (July 28).

(VOVWORLD) - Russia launched direct passenger flights from Moscow to North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Sunday, the first in decades.

(VOVWORLD) - The US struck a framework trade agreement with the European Union on Sunday, imposing a 15% import tariff on most EU goods - half the threatened rate - and averting a bigger trade war between the two allies that account for almost a third of global trade.

(VOVWORLD) - Yemen's Houthis said on Sunday they would target any ships belonging to companies that do business with Israeli ports, regardless of their nationalities, as part of what they called the fourth phase of their military operations against Israel.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has made tremendous progress in combating human trafficking in recent years, Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Vietnam Kendra Rinas said.

(VOVWORLD) - July 28, 2000, marked the first trading session of the Vietnamese stock market, which initially featured only two stocks and a market capitalization of only 0.2% of GDP. 25 years later, the market has seen significant growth, featuring 1,600 listed companies, with a combined stock and bond market capitalization reaching 100% of the national GDP.

(VOVWORLD) - Global stocks rose on Monday after the US and the EU reached a trade agreement.

(VOVWORLD) -Beijing and Washington are expected to extend their tariff truce another three months at trade talks in Stockholm beginning on Monday, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday, citing sources close to the matter on both sides.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese women's team on Sunday won the 38th Sepak Takraw World Championship by beating host Thailand 2-1 in the final match of the quadrant event.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has called on the Vietnamese community in Switzerland to continue promoting patriotism and demonstrating the strength of the great solidarity to ramp up diplomacy and relations with the host country in economics, trade, investment, culture, education, and health care.