Experts and academics from Europe, Asia, Australia and the host country Russia, met in St Petersburg to attend an international seminar on security issues in East Asia and the East Sea.
The lives and livelihoods of people living in resettlement areas have been severely affected by difficulties caused by substandard buildings and a lack of services.
North Korea began fuelling a long-range rocket ahead of a landmark political anniversary, defying US calls to cancel the launch and choose a "better future" for its impoverished people.
Vietnam is striving to achieve a balance of trade by 2020 and a total import-export turnover three times higher than in 2010, with an average per capita income of over $2,000.
Authorities of the central province of Binh Dinh plan to deploy nets to stop sharks from approaching swimming beaches after at least 6 tourists were attacked there.
Growing demands for tough UN Security Council action on Syria are putting increasing pressure on Russia's diplomatic shield around President Bashar al-Assad.
Vietnam and Australia should promote economic, trade and investment linkage as well as accelerate the implementation of their action programme for 2010-2013.