(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's recent pharmaceutical policies were discussed at a forum held on Thursday in Hanoi by the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Amcham) and the Vietnam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises (VAFIE).

(VOVWORLD) - Recent activities in Vietnam-India relation have created prospects for further cooperation between the two countries, said Professor Doctor Pankaj Jha in an interview with a Vietnam News Agency correspondent.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tran Dai Quang lauded external economic activities and trade promotion abroad during a meeting in Hanoi on Thursday with 45 commercial counsellors and chiefs of Vietnamese commercial offices overseas.

(VOVWORLD) - March 1 marks ASEM Day, which celebrates the importance of connecting the two continents of Asia and Europe, based on the principles of equal partnership and mutual respect. Vietnam has made positive and active contributions to the cooperative framework over its 2 decades of membership.

(VOVWORLD) - Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and the destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer are to visit Da Nang City from March 5 to 9.

(VOVWORLD) - Syria declared on Wednesday that it has destroyed its chemical weapons arsenals and rejected "false allegations" that President Bashar al-Assad’s government has been using chemical weapons.

(VOVWORLD) - The 3rd plenum of China’s 19th Party Central Committee concluded Wednesday, issuing a communique.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday pledged to increase diplomatic cooperation to find a peaceful solution to North Korea’s nuclear program.

(VOVWORLD) - Activities observing the 17th Vietnam Poetry Day took place at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on Thursday, including poetry competitions and recitals by poetry clubs.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said maintaining macro-economic stability is important for developing a socialist-oriented market economy.