(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has applauded the contributions made by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to Vietnam’s socio-economic development as well as national management.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea wants to negotiate directly with the US on security assurances for Pyongyang, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - 28 policy dialogues were held between Vietnamese and Japanese agencies involved in the sixth phase of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative, over the past year.

(VOVWORLD) - 17 people were wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers on Thursday in Jerusalem and the West Bank as Palestinians protested against the US’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

(VOVWORLD) - Syrian forces and allies have liberated the last villages west of the Euphrates river from the Islamic State (ISIS), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło has submitted her resignation to the Law and Justice party (PiS) leadership, Party spokesperson Beata Mazurek told reporters on Thursday in Warsaw.

(VOVWORLD) - Several nations in Asia Pacific and Latin America on Thursday criticized US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, asking Washington to reverse its decision.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese government always creates the most favorable conditions for Chinese businesses to invest and operate in Vietnam, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. He made the remarks at a reception for Shen Tianqing, President of Hongkong’s Jiayuan International group on Thursday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - Denmark will support Vietnam in its strive for greener energy to foster bilateral cooperation in energy.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met on Thursday with Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the second day of a rare UN visit to North Korea – the first since 2010.