(VOVWORLD) -Two-way trade between Vietnam and South Korea has surged sharply since the countries signed a bilateral free trade agreement in 2015, making Vietnam their 4th largest trade partner.

(VOVWORLD) -Dong Thap province has been a shining star in the investment and business climate as well as a role model for administrative services, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at an investment promotion conference in Cao Lanh city on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith began a three-day official visit to Vietnam on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has lauded ethnic minority group’s contributions to national liberation and reiterated that the Party and State always pay attention to improving the living conditions of people in mountainous and remote regions.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam is a bright spot for gender diversity in Southeast Asia, with a recent report showing the country has a higher proposition of women serving as board directors and chief executive officers than Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam boasts huge potential for fruit and vegetable exports, according to a forum on expanding markets for farm produce and developing logistics for agriculture and rural areas.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always attaches great importance to enhancing friendship and multilateral ties with African countries, especially Morocco. Vietnamese top legislator Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan made the statement while receiving President of the Morrocan House of Representatives Habib El Malki in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - A workshop took place in Hanoi on Monday to highlight the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the Air” victory 45 years ago. In December 1972, the US air force launched its largest heavy bomber strikes since World War II to destroy major target complexes in Hanoi and Hai Phong city.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam Airlines, Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO), and the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) have signed a cooperation agreement to implement a Bachelor of Aviation Technology program and a Master of International Aviation Transport Management program.

(VOVWORLD) -North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he would "fight more unflinchingly" to make the North "independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in defense”.