With Vietnam being finalised as the venue for the US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, there comes a strong possibility of moving beyond conflict and division toward a thriving partnership, the US State Department said on Thursday.

The second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to take place in Vietnam, with three candidate cities being under consideration, the US media reported on Sunday. Citing Bloomberg, Xinhua reported that US administration officials are planning for the meeting to be held in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, but the coastal city of Da Nang and the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City are also possible venues for the event. The White House announced on Friday that the second Trump-Kim summit will take place "near the end of February" but did not say where it will be held. The announcement was made after a one-hour-and-half meeting between Trump and Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Korean Workers' Party Central Committee, in the Oval Office. Trump told reporters Saturday the host country for the summit has been picked. "We've picked the country, but we'll be announcing it in the future," he said at the White House, adding that he had "a very good meeting" with Kim Yong Chol. The forthcoming summit, if held as scheduled, will be the second face-to-face encounter between Trump and Kim Jong-un, following the first one in Singapore last June.

Good news! The working force in India may enjoy a salary hike of 10% in 2019. According to a Korn Ferry forecast, the employees in the country are likely to see a salary growth this year.

Flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Vietnam's northern and central regions since late last week have killed 15 people and left five missing, the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Wednesday.

Four children from Vietnam's central Quang Ngai province drowned while bathing in a river here, the provincial police said on Saturday.

India and Vietnam on Tuesday discussed bilateral cooperation across various sectors at the 16th Joint Commission meeting co-chaired by India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh here.

US President Donald Trump offered brief praised for the late Republican Senator John McCain, who passed away on August 25, in a statement after responding only with silence to questions about the Vietnam War veteran turned politician.

Good news for students who wants to continue their studies in Canada! Yes, the country has come up with a faster and simpler visa processing mechanism for students from India and three other countries. The number of Indian students willing for studies in Canada is on the rise and this new program which cuts down the processing time for study permit within 45 days as opposed to within 60 days will be helpful.

Vietnam's 'bikini airline' is in limelight with its recent announcement. The budget airline VietJet of Southeast Asian country will soon start its direct flight service to India. The airline will operate four flights between Vietnam's capital Ho Chi Minh City and New Delhi to be scheduled every week. The direct flight operation will start from July and August 2018.

Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang, who is on a three-day visit to India, was on Saturday accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.