(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the urgent need to focus on three strategic breakthroughs, including institutional reform, infrastructure development, and human resources, to achieve this year’s growth target of 8% and double-digit growth in the future.

(VOVWORLD) - Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from next Tuesday to Thursday, according to an announcement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is committed to fostering a transparent and fair trade environment, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said on Thursday during talks with US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick in Washington, DC.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia said Thursday it has not agreed to hold peace talks with Ukraine at the Vatican, denying US media reports that suggested negotiations will take place there next month.

(VOVWORLD) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday ordered the recall of the Israeli delegation from Qatar, citing a continued impasse in indirect negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday that he spoke with US President Donald Trump on the phone and agreed to hold “productive" discussions at an upcoming tariff talk between the two sides.

(VOVWORLD) - Public opinions on amending the 2013 Constitution were gathered for more than two weeks, with the initial results showing strong support from lawmakers and the public, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said at Thursday’s meeting on Constitutional changes.

(VOVWORLD) - US federal prosecutors on Thursday filed two charges of first-degree murder against a man suspected of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staff workers in Washington, DC.

(VOVWORLD) - Representatives of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Ministry of National Defense met on Thursday to share experience as the MPS prepares to deploy its first officers to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).

(VOVWORLD) -European countries and China have condemned the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., the US, on Thursday.