US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed North Korea, Iran, trade and competition, climate, military issues, the pandemic and other areas during an over three-hour call on Monday. The closely watched conversation between the leaders of the world’s biggest economies was described by both sides as frank and

– National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue joined residents of Quyet Tam hamlet in the northern province of Thai Nguyen at the National Great Unity Festival on Tuesday.  Quyet Tam hamlet in Trung Luong commune is home to 193 households belonging to six ethnic groups. Chairman Hue said, despite enormous difficulties

   Despite COVID-19, two-way trade between Vietnam and Australia neared 9.1 billion USD in the first nine months of 2021, a year-on-year surge of 50%, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. Notably, agricultural exports expanded by 32%. Australian firms have reduced rice imports from other countries but continue

  Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will make an official visit to Tehran soon, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh announced on Monday. Khatibzadeh said that Iran is waiting for Grossi to respond to its invitation. In his next trip, Grossi will meet

     Nguyen Thuy Quynh, a Vietnamese lecturer at RMIT University in Australia, has been named as Australia’s top researcher in composite materials in The Australian’s 2021 Research magazine. She is honored  for a project on manufacturing fireproof materials to help protect buildings and construction from being destroyed by forest fires. Quynh

Vietnam has emerged as a bright spot in the world’s artificial intelligence (AI) market, as Vietnamese representatives have continuously been invited to introduce their products and research studies at global AI events. Most recently, DrAidTM, developed by VinBrain (VinGroup), has been awarded the ACM SIGAI Industry Award 2021 for Excellence