(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation to pour more investment into Vietnam, especially in infrastructure, traffic, and energy sectors.

(VOVWORLD) - US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said President Donald Trump had no intention of backing down and was not concerned with a trade war despite threats of retaliation from China over US plans to impose tariffs on Chinese goods.

(VOVWORLD) - The Commission on State Sovereignty Protection of the Russian parliament's upper house has reported thousands of external attempts to meddle in the Russian presidential election.

(VOVWORLD) - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday said that disorder may continue in Thailand and there is no guarantee that the upcoming general election will take place smoothly.

(VOVWORLD) -Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-raking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Amsterdam on Monday, beginning an official visit to the Netherlands. This is Ms Ngan’s first official visit to the Netherlands as Vietnam’s top legislator.

(VOVWORLD) -About 60 million Egyptians will cast ballots on Monday and the two following days to elect Egypt’s next president, in a race pitting incumbent president, Abdel Fatah Al Sisi, against the El Ghad party chairperson, Moussa Moustafa Moussa.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang stressed the significant role of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and youngsters in national construction and defense during Monday’s meeting with 87 outstanding Youth Union members.

(VOVWORLD) -German police detained former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont under a European arrest warrant as he crossed from Denmark into Germany.

(VOVWORLD) -Qatar has released its first National List of Terrorist Classification which includes the classification and names of 20 terrorist individuals and eight terrorist entities.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has called on the IPU, as the world’s biggest inter-parliamentary organisation, to continue to lead in promoting development cooperation among countries.