(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to enhance friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Thailand, a close neighbour with long-standing ties and also a leading trade and investment partner of Vietnam, Party General Secretary To Lam said while receiving Prime Minister of Thailand and leader of the Pheu Thai Party Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and the US share many strategic and economic interests and have complementary economic structures, said Deputy Finance Minister Cao Anh Tuan at a recent working session in Washington with Robert Kaproth, Assistant Secretary for International Finance at the US Treasury Department.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Friday at their first direct peace talks in more than three years, under pressure from US President Donald Trump to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two.

(VOVWORLD) - A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump is essential but required considerable advance preparation and has to yield results when it happened, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday, in a comment after Trump said he would meet Putin "as soon as we can set it up".

(VOVWORLD) - A special exhibition of Ly dynasty Buddhist art opened on Friday at the National Museum of History in Hanoi to commemorate the 135th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19), International Museum Day (May 18), and Vietnam’s Science and Technology Day (May 18).

(VOVWORLD) - The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) signed cooperation agreements with Russia’s Orpheus Radio and the National State TV and Radio Company of Belarus during Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam’s official visit to Russia and state visit to Belarus from May 5 to 12.

(VOVWORLD) - Vladimir Medinsky, head of Russia’s delegation to Ukraine peace talks, said Thursday that Moscow’s goal is to reach a lasting peace with Kyiv. The talks in Turkey mark the first direct talks between the two sides in more than three years.

(VOVWORLD) - TikTok was charged by EU tech regulators on Thursday with breaching EU online content rules, putting its owner ByteDance at risk of a fine of as much as 6% of its global turnover.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly deputies have stressed the need to roll out specific and breakthrough policies, and eliminate outdated or restrictive regulations to enable the private sector to “take off.”

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Thailand have upgraded their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced at a joint press conference in Hanoi on Friday.