(VOVWORLD) -President Luong Cuong and his wife presided over a welcoming ceremony on Wednesday morning at the Presidential Palace, for Hungarian President Sulyok Tamas and his wife who are on an official visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Al-Budaiwi support and expedite the necessary procedures to start FTA negotiations at the earliest possible date, as well as explore agreements on investment promotion and protection to create a more favorable environment for economic, trade, and investment ties.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks on Tuesday evening during the 46th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

(VOVWORLD) - Hungarian President Sulyok Tamas and his spouse, Nagy Zsuzsanna, arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday evening, beginning their official visit to Vietnam from May 27-29, at the invitation of State President Luong Cuong.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia is continuing to work on the draft memorandum setting out the principles of a possible future peace accord to end the conflict in Ukraine, Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) need to work together to shape a new-generation model of sincere, substantive, comprehensive, cohesive, and effective inter-regional cooperation, the Vietnamese Prime Minister said at the second ASEAN-GCC Summit in Malaysia on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union on Tuesday approved the creation of a 150 billion-euro (170.7 billion USD) EU arms fund.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on Brunei to continue facilitating Vietnamese firms operating in oil and gas, chemicals, and food industries while meeting Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam on the sidelines of the 46th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Malaysia on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Singapore authorities said Tuesday that they are still waiting for an analysis of the plane's weather radar systems in their investigation of last year's Singapore Airline flight that hit turbulence, injuring dozens and killing one.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and France on Tuesday released a joint statement marking the conclusion of French President Emmanuel Macron’s three-day State visit to Vietnam.