Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on September 6 that a crucial national referendum on his plan for constitutional reform will be held on a Sunday between Nov. 15 and Dec. 5.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 6 agreed to provide two large-sized patrol ships and lend up to five used surveillance aircraft to the Philippines. 

US President Barack Obama on September 6 pledged to provide Laos with US$90 million to implement a three-year project to detect and remove dozens of millions of unexploded bombs dropped by the US troops during the wartime. 

US President Barack Obama began his official visit to Laos on September 6, which is the first to the Southeast Asian country made by a US president in history.

Legal and political impacts of The Hague tribunal’s ruling on the East Sea dispute on Indonesia and the US were discussed at an open forum in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta on September 6. 

The 28th & 29th Summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off in Vientiane, Laos, on September 6, focusing on efforts in building the ASEAN Community.

US President Barack Obama arrived in Laos on September 5, after attending the 11th G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China.

The United States and Russia will work in the next few days on a deal to curb fighting in Syria and build cooperation in the fight against terrorism, their leaders said on September 5, as blasts claimed by Islamic State killed dozens across the Arab nation.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on September 5, the Republic of Korea and US militaries said, as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies held a summit in China, the DPRK's main diplomatic ally.

VOV.VN - The G20 Summit has wrapped up in Hangzhou, China after two days' sitting, discussing many measures to boost global trade.