(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh expressed hopes that Indian businesses will increase their presence in Vietnam in fields of India’s strengths and Vietnam’s demand, like aviation and railway infrastructure, renewable energy, high-tech agriculture, tourism and garments. He made the remarks while attending a business round-table conference jointly held by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Embassy of Vietnam in India on Wednesday. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Government is making efforts to improve the business climate and provide a completely transparent legal system. Vietnam has always attached importance to the private and foreign-investment sectors and taken drastic measures to enhance competitive capacity.

(VOVWORLD) - Son La province on Wednesday hosted celebrations of “Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2017”, which marks the 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties and 40 years since the two countries signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always attaches importance to developing friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Morocco, considering the country a priority partner in North Africa, said Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Phung Quoc Hien during his visit to Morocco early this week.

(VOVWORLD) - The 13th International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City 2017 (ITE HCMC) will open on Friday by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - Defense Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich hosted a reception on Tuesday for Permanent Secretary of the Thai Ministry of Defense Chaichan Changmonkol, who is leading a delegation to attend the first Vietnam-Thailand defense policy dialogue in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council will meet on Thursday to discuss North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile test early Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The demands sent to Qatar by Saudi Arabia and its allies were unrealistic and not actionable, said Qatar’s Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Al-Thani at a Tuesday press conference with his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel in Doha.

(VOVWORLD) - The 2017 Vietnam-Laos Trade Fair has concluded in the Lao capital of Vientiane.

(VOVWORLD) - One person was shot dead and six others were injured, two seriously, when a gunman opened fire in the southern French city of Toulouse late Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel expects the world’s 20 leading economies to broadly agree on tackling international terrorism at the summit in Hamburg later this week.