Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc encouraged the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Investment Corporation of Dubai to expand investment in Việt Nam, while hosting the group’s Executive Director and CEO Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani in Hà Nội on Monday.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrived in Washington on Sunday to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump and cement a budding conservative-populist alliance that, in part, aims to ramp up pressure on Venezuela.

A global day of student protests aimed at spurring world leaders into action on climate change to protect the planet for future generations kicked off in Australia and New Zealand on Friday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday hosted a reception for former Vice Chancellor of Germany Philipp Rosler and urged him to make further contributions to Việt Nam’s development, especially the development of the business community.

Việt Nam will continue to hasten efforts to improve the business climate in terms of quality to create favourable conditions for the private sector to play its role as a driver in promoting rapid and sustainable economic growth.

The Party and State value Vietnamese intellectuals and scientists, as well as their contributions to the nation’s development, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

PM Phúc said Việt Nam attached importance to consolidating and strengthening its ties with Switzerland.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had bilateral meetings with many foreign leaders and business executives on January 24 (local time) on the sidelines of the annual conference of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 in Davos.

President Nicolas Maduro announced on Thursday the closure of Venezuela's embassy and consulates in the United States having broken off diplomatic ties with President Donald Trump's government the day before.

Viettel, whose brand value grew by 35.8 per cent over last year to over US$4.3 billion was honoured as one of the top 500 most valuable brands in the world 2019.