(VOVWORLD) - 21 APEC members have approved a joint statement on developing human resources at a 4-day meeting in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and new French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Monday to draw up a roadmap to deeper European Union integration and opened the door to changing the EU treaty to facilitate ambitious reform.

(VOVWORLD) -UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned North Korea for its latest ballistic missile test and called on Pyongyang to return to the denuclearization agenda.

(VOVWORLD) - The Multi-stakeholders dialogue on APEC cooperation towards 2020 opens in Hanoi on Tuesday. It’s Vietnam’s initiative to create a forum to exchange ideas on APEC’s post-2020 vision.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and China have reached a common view on major measures to reinforce political trust, friendly relations, and cooperation, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung told the press following President Tran Dai Quang’s recent state visit to China and participation in the Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing.

(VOVWORLD) - Lai Xa Village on the western outskirts of Hanoi opened a photography museum on Monday. The museum is located in a two-storey house in the middle of the village with total exhibition area of 300sq.m.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan and New Zealand are to urge partners to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement prior to November.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said the future of APEC is the future of Vietnam during his opening speech at the 24th General Meeting of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged major multilateral institutions to join his new Belt and Road Initiative, stressing the importance of rejecting protectionism in seeking global economic growth.

(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Minister of Defense Tomomi Inada and his South Korean counterpart Han Min-koo have vowed to cooperate following North Korea’s successful launch of an intermediate-range missile one day earlier.