Saudi Arabia’s plans to expand local refineries while maintaining its share of the global crude market point to one thing: higher production.

Oil prices fell sharply in early Asian trade on Monday, with U.S. crude dropping more than 2 percent to a six-year low after the dollar hit fresh highs and concerns grew that the United States might run out of oil storage.

India's new government continues to treat Vietnam as one of the pillars of India's Look East policy. It was confirmed by the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh yesterday (25th August) in her official visit to Vietnam from 25th to 26th August.

The Voice of Russia (on 5th August night) revealed that Russia ranked third in the world in terms of foreign investment. In 2013 only, Russia attracted foreign direct investment of more than 94 billion USD.