(VOVWORLD) -A seminar opened in Hanoi on Wednesday to review 62 years since the Bandung Conference took place and its role in promoting Asia-Africa cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) -The Communist Party of Vietnam’s online newspaper held a workshop to promote the movement of studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts, morality, and lifestyles to mark his 127th birth anniversary.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang on Wednesday received Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, also the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) -The National Assembly deputies on Wednesday discussed next year’s law-making agenda which will revise 24 laws and 1 draft resolution.

(VOVWORLD) - An exhibition of photos and paintings entitled “2017 Children art awards” is the highlight of the 20th “Children’s world” festival, which was opened on Tuesday to celebrate Children’s Day.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed on Monday any suggestion that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces were behind a chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Idlib province in April.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue in Washington DC on Tuesday (local time). He affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to economic-trade-investment collaboration with the US and wishes to boost bilateral economic ties for mutual benefits.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer held open, candid talks on Monday in Washington to address economic and trade barriers between the two nations.

(VOVWORLD) - The time is ripe for US businesses to engage more strongly in the economic restructuring of Vietnam, especially in finance-banking and State-owned enterprise equitization, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a round-table talk on the US-Vietnam investment cooperation. The event was held in New York on Tuesday (local time) by Harbinger Capital and the Asia Group.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on the need for more sanctions and pressure on North Korea during a 20-minute phone conversation on Tuesday, one day after the North's latest ballistic missile test.