The two-way trade between Vietnam and the United States is estimated to reach 34.9 billion U. S. dollars in 2014, of which Vietnam's exports to the United States would earn 29.4 billion dollars, according to the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) in Vietnam.
Egyptian Local Development Minister Adel Labib said on Monday that the attacks in North Sinai will not delay the timing of parliamentary elections, the state-owned daily Ahramonline reported.
The U.S. government on Monday urged people considered "high-risk" for Ebola to voluntarily stay at home for 21 days after returning from Ebola-stricken West African countries.
Italy's 2015 budget, passed last week, puts the government on a collision course with the European Union how strictly the three-year-old terms of the Stability and Growth Pact will be interpreted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russia would not create a gas crisis in Europe, but would react to any attempts to steal gas from pipes that run through Ukraine.
Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan has laid out plans to repay the country's bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to Bloomberg news agency on Monday.
Some protesters decided on Sunday to withdraw from areas in Hong Kong as a good gesture for talks with the authorities, while secondary schools affected by the Occupy Central demonstration would resume classes on Monday.
Kenya's flower farms on Friday threatened to relocate to neighbouring countries after talks between EU and East Africa Community (EAC) collapsed and thus attracted taxes in accessing European markets.
A "Yes" vote in the Sept. 18 referendum on Scotland's independence could trigger "a chain of troubling impacts," analysts say.
Kiwi economic growth to slow next year: forecast
Finnish decision makers have claimed that their country has not taken any step closer towards the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) despite the fact it has signed a protocol on hosting NATO troops last week at the NATO summit in Wales, UK.But some believed it will face difficult choices in case a conflict emerges.
Finland is considering signing an agreement with NATO in order to strengthen cooperation, which would possibly mean easier entry of NATO troops onto Finnish territory.
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser will be seeking to advance his government's free trade agenda at a series of key Asia-Pacific regional meetings this week.
Iran has denied linking any future cooperation with the United States against terrorists in Iraq to the removal of western sanctions, Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.
The Dutch government decided not to send a military mission to the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said late Sunday after a cabinet meeting.
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting scheduled for Jan. 22-26 in Davos of Switzerland would be a platform for global elites to probe into a variety of underlining issues in today's world, said founder of WEF on Wednesday.
Ocean within Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could be as salty as Earth's Dead Sea, U.S. space agency NASA said Wednesday.