VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien joined with Dr. Ely Ratner, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, to co-chair the Vietnam-US Defence Policy Dialogue on September 12 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Localities in northern Vietnam are expected to experience a long spell of heavy rain in the coming hours on August 25 when storm Maon moves closer to the northern coast, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Blue whales have been found swimming off the coast of De Gi beach in Phu Cat district, Binh Dinh province (central Vietnam) over recent times, drawing plenty of public attention.

VOV.VN - Tropical storm Mulan was downgraded into a tropical low depression in the Gulf of Tonkin and struck localities along the northern coast early on August 11.

VOV.VN - The Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade says it is ready to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese and Ivory Coast businesses to promote trade exchanges in the future.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's export turnover exceeded US$200 billion during the initial seven months of the year, with apparel products being one of the key export items.

First litchi fruits of northern Hai Duong and Bac Giang provinces have been shipped by sea to the US to be sold at Safeway and Albersons - two supermarket chains with the largest network on the West Coast of the US.

Two former major generals of the Coast Guard High Command on July 15 were sentenced jail terms of 27 years in total for “receiving bribes” in a case of smuggling 200 million litres of RON 95 petrol worth around VND2.8 trillion (US$130 million) into Vietnam.

Fourteen defendants, including high-ranking officials from the Border and Coast Guards, stand accused of smuggling 200 million litres of RON 95 petrol worth around VND2.8 trillion (US$130 million) into Vietnam.

VOV.VN - During the initial four months of the year the nation was the second largest rubber supplier to China with US$721.51 million, an annual rise of 2.2%, according to the General Administration of China Customs.