(VOVWORLD) - European officials and international friends on Wednesday gathered in Brussels to mark the 2nd anniversary of the Vietnam-EU Parliamentary Friendship Group in the European Parliament (EP) (November 11).

(VOVWORLD) - The UK, Ireland, and the EU are working closely to solve the Irish border issue, the main barrier to Brexit negotiation.

(VOVWORLD) - The 28th meeting of the International Energy Charter Conference wrapped up on Wednesday in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Participants announced the Ashgabat Energy Charter Declaration, which stressed the importance of fostering innovation in developing energy resources.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the visiting Chairman of French group VINCI, Jerome Stubler, in Hanoi on Wednesday that Vietnam has development needs in infrastructure and called for the group’s participation in local highway projects.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Russian Ambassador to Vietnam, Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on Wednesday visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam received Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Education Jaroslaw Gowin on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said reforming social insurance policy is an essential step in fine-tuning the mechanisms of a socialist-oriented market economy, renewing Vietnam’s growth model, and combining economic growth with sustainable development and social advancement.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor have honored 74 businesses for their employee policies.

(VOVWORLD) -Polish President Andrzej Duda joined a meeting of Polish and Vietnamese friendship parliamentarians groups during his official visit to Vietnam on Wednesday.