(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday applauded North and South Korea for de-escalating tensions and praised North Korea’s desire to send athletes to the Winter Olympics PyoengChang in February.

(VOVWORLD) -China and France have agreed to further advance their comprehensive strategic partnership.

(VOVWORLD) - There was no change in major positions when Prime Minister Theresa May reshuffled her cabinet to promote renovation and boost Brexit.

(VOVWORLD) - Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Al Moallem met on Tuesday with Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to discuss cooperation between the Syrian government and the organization.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi on January 10 morning for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to attend the second Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Summit.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea will send a delegation to the Winter Olympics, which will open next month in Pyeongchang, South Korea’s Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung told reporters on Tuesday during high-level talks between the two countries

(VOVWORLD) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday offered to open up France to Chinese investment in exchange for greater access to their booming markets, warning during talks in Beijing that existing trade imbalances would lead to protectionism.

(VOVWORLD) - Negotiators for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have agreed to drop plans to lower carbon dioxide emissions by 40% from 1990 levels by 2020.

(VOVWORLD) - Various activities are underway nationwide to mark the 68th Traditional Day of Vietnamese students and the Vietnam Students’ Association, which falls on January 9.

(VOVWORLD) - Effective defense cooperation between Vietnam and Japan, including ties between the two ground forces, has made a significant contribution to bilateral friendship.