(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed that Vietnam’s diplomacy enjoyed one of the most successful years in 2017.

(VOVWORLD) -The 2015 Criminal Code, which will take effect from January 1st, 2018, institutionalizes the 2013 Constitution and the judicial reform ideas of the Politburo.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam Centre has launched a project to revive Vietnamese court attires and rituals of the 15th century.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called for pragmatic and long-term cooperation with the US in a New Year message to Donald Trump on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Japanese government began discussing how the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) would respond to a military conflict on the Korean Peninsula on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Saturday urged Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Social Democrats to quickly form a new government.

(VOVWORLD) -The Law on Beliefs and Religions, which will take effect from January 1st, 2018, is considered a breakthrough in Vietnam’s religious policy.

(VOVWORLD) -Secretary of Ho Chi Minh city’s Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has called for effort to collect more than 17 billion USD to the State budget in 2018 as set by the National Assembly.

(VOVWORLD) -The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of December increased 2.6% against the same period last year and the average CPI of this year rose 3.53%, below the National Assembly’s target.

(VOVWORLD) - On the occasion of New Year 2018, President Tran Dai Quang told the media that Vietnam’s great achievements and rising global stature will provide important premise for the country fulfill the targets set by the 12th National Party Congress.