(VOVWORLD) - Russia will expel 60 US diplomats and close the US Consulate in Saint Petersburg in retaliation for a similar move by Washington over a spy poisoning case in the UK, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Catalonia’s former President Carles Puigdemont called on the German government to refuse to extradite him to Spain, German media said Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump said Thursday in Ohio that American forces will soon be withdrawn from Syria and that the US has wasted 7 trillion USD in the Middle East.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and the US discussed cooperation in energy exploitation at the first Energy Security Dialogue on Friday. The event was held by Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and the US State Department.

(VOVWORLD) - US technology companies have proposed to help Hanoi build an emergency response center to accelerate its plan to become a smart city.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong said speeding up economic, trade and investment cooperation is important to Vietnam-Cuba ties.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reiterated Vietnam’s respect for sustainable, friendly ties with Belarus, saying two-way trade should be higher than the current level 100 million USD given the two countries’ great potential for cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on Thursday concluded her official visit to the Netherlands.

(VOVWORLD) -The Presidential Office and Vietnam Fatherland Front held a meeting on cooperative work plan in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Party Central Committee’s Organization Commission in collaboration with the Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper, the Cong San (Communist) Review, the Vietnam Television and the Viet Nam Journalists’ Association have launched the 3rd National Press Awards on Party building.