(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam, head of the central steering committee for perfecting institutions and laws, said that improving laws and institutions must pave the way for development and encourage all people and businesses to participate in the socio-economic and national development process. He made these remarks while chairing the committee's first meeting in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - To disburse 100% public investment, the Ministry of Finance will simplify procedures for project planning, appraisal, approval, and disbursement through institutional reforms, said Deputy Minister of Finance Do Thanh Trung at a press conference on Wednesday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - President Trump said in a late-night social media post on Wednesday that making a deal with China is “extremely hard.”

(VOVWORLD) -Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov on Wednesday said Moscow looks forward to more talks with Ukraine after the two sides have reviewed draft memorandums on ending their 3-year conflict.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation banning the citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States and restricting entry to the US for citizens of seven other countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam proposes sustainable financing in response to natural disasters, which aligns with the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, said Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Wednesday at a themed session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, Switzerland.

(VOVWORLD) -A plane carrying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his wife and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation landed in Tallinn on Thursday, as they start an official visit to Estonia at the invitation of Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese and Ohio businesses on Wednesday signed agricultural trade cooperation agreements worth 600 million USD as the Vietnamese delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and associations and enterprises are visiting Columbus, Ohio’s capital in the USA.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States on Wednesday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution that demanded an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza and unhindered aid access across the war-torn enclave.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that abandoning uranium enrichment was "100%" against the country's interests, rejecting a central US demand in talks to resolve a decades-long dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.