(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City is now running the pilot operation of a new grassroots-level local administration model in 102 freshly established wards and communes.

(VOVWORLD) - State President Luong Cuong on Thursday held phone talks with President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Jae-myung, who officially took office on June 4.

(VOVWORLD) - State President Luong Cuong held talks with his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda in Hanoi on Thursday morning, during which he affirmed Vietnam always values and wishes to strengthen cooperation with Lithuania, its important traditional partner in Europe.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on Thursday for Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda who is on a two-day official visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -200 businesses were honored at an award ceremony on Thursday for their contributions to promoting Vietnamese products on B2B e-commerce giant Alibaba.com as part of the “Vietnam Pavilion” project.

(VOVWORLD) - At a working session on Wednesday with France’s National Railway company SNCF, during his official visit to France, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on France to help Vietnam develop its railway industry by implementing the memorandum of understanding it signed with Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction, sharing experience, transferring technology, providing financial support, and human resource training.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a trade deal with China "is done, subject to final approval" from himself and Chinese President Xi Jinping, after a 2-day negotiation in London.

(VOVWORLD) -Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien held working meetings with leaders of multiple trade groups on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of his ongoing trip to the US.

(VOVWORLD) - At Wednesday meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his official visit to Sweden, overseas Vietnamese living in Sweden expressed their hope that Vietnam’s Party and State will help connect Vietnamese scientists and technology experts in Sweden and Vietnam and support the transfer of scientific and technological advances.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday began implementing agreements reached in Istanbul, Turkey, on repatriating the bodies of fallen soldiers and exchanging prisoners of war.