(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday asked ministries and sectors to focus on 11 key task groups, including on untangling institutional complexity as he chaired the regular Government meeting for May in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The most important task after the merger of the southern provinces of Kien Giang and An Giang is to consolidate ideological unity, build consensus, uphold the revolutionary tradition and aspirations of both localities, according to Party General Secretary To Lam.

(VOVWORLD) -President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday making official his vow to double tariffs on steel and aluminum starting Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has reiterated Russia’s support for efforts to seek a peaceful resolution of Iran’s nuclear issue, saying the Islamic Republic has the right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and that should happen under the strict control of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the global community.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary To Lam and President Luong Cuong on Wednesday sent congratulatory messages to Lee Jae Myung on his election as the 21st President of the Republic of Korea.

(VOVWORLD) - The Republic of Korea's President-elect, Lee Jae Myung, announced Wednesday that he will promote communication and dialogue with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to ensure security on the Korean Peninsula and work toward shared prosperity for the two nations.

(VOVWORLD) - Despite headwinds in the first five months of this year, Vietnam still maintained socio-economic development momentum, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh while chairing the Government’s regular May meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The US should create the necessary conditions for bilateral relations to get back onto the right track, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the US ambassador to Beijing on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Army General Vong Pisen presided over a welcoming ceremony in Phnom Penh on Tuesday for a high-ranking military delegation of the Vietnam People's Army, led by General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of National Defense.

(VOVWORLD) - The US’s new special envoy to Syria says the US will scale down its military presence in Syria from 8 bases to 1 and the US’s Syria policies will shift "because none of them worked.”