(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has met with leaders of leading Thai firms on Friday as part of his ongoing visit to Thailand.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a forum to forge Vietnam-Thailand economic cooperation in Bangkok on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura at a press conference at Geneva on Thursday proposed a timetable for dialogues to end the 6-year Syrian crisis, despite the failure of 7 previous negotiation rounds. Mr. Mistura said he expected a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia involving representatives of 3 opposition groups and President Bashar Al Assad’s government.

(VOVWORLD) - Britain’s Prime Minister Office announced on Thursday that the UK will exempt visas for EU citizens after Brexit but permanent stay is not guaranteed.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan and the US have committed to maintain pressure on North Korea and strengthen bilateral alliance to better respond to increasing threats from Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-ocha expressed their satisfaction at the strong development of Vietnam-Thailand cooperation over the past 41 years during talks in Bangkok on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to Indonesia from next Tuesday to Thursday at the invitation of Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo to deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) -UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the Venezuelan government and opposition forces to restart negotiations to seek solutions to its political crisis.

(VOVWORLD) -South Korean President Moon Jae-in promised on Thursday there "will be no war on the Korean peninsula ever again." Moon told a news conference to mark his 100th day in office that US and South Korean policies are aligned on the North Korea issue.

(VOVWORLD) - The 2016 International Religious Freedom Annual Report of the US State Department still included some unobjective assessments and cited inaccurate information about Vietnam.