(VOVWORLD) - The Lao Tourism Culture Days opened Monday in Hanoi with a photo exhibition and an art performance by Lao artists.

(VOVWORLD) - A meeting took place Tuesday in Hanoi to celebrate the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Laos and 40 years of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty on Amity and Cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will pay an official visit to Vietnam from July 20-24.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged Soc Trang province to make an effort to reduce the poverty rate among ethnic minority groups by 3% per year.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the police force to ensure ultimate security and social order during APEC Year 2017, particularly the APEC Summit in Da Nang city in November.

(VOVWORLD) -Building a child-friendly environment is an urgent need for HCM city, where young people are facing numerous challenges, according to a seminar between municipal authorities and UNICEF on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam wants to promote comprehensive cooperation with Mexico, said President Tran Dai Quang at a reception for former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Local officials of the Vietnamese provinces of Quang Tri, Dong Nai, Long An and Ba Ria-Vung Tau promoted their advantages and potential in San Francisco last week, within the framework of the Vietnam Promotion Roadshow in the United States (VPR USA-2017).

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea has proposed military talks with North Korea to halt all hostile activities near their joint border, a South Korean official said.

(VOVWORLD) - The Australian military is to be given broad new powers to respond to domestic terrorist attacks.