(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly’s mid-year session closed in Hanoi on Friday, after passing 7 laws and 10 resolutions in line with Vietnam’s current development direction.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey said on Wednesday it has purchased S-400 air defense systems from Russia, ignoring US warnings. The deal is likely to ratchet up US-Turkey tensions and their cooperative projects may be frozen indefinitely.

(VOVWORLD) - The first Vietnam Venture Summit held in Hanoi on Monday saw venture capital funds commit millions of USD to Vietnamese startups, illustrating the confidence foreign investors have in the Vietnamese market.

(VOVWORLD) - Child labor is a pressing issue in many developing countries. Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs has implemented a national program to prevent and reduce child labor from 2015 to 2020.

(VOVWORLD) - 40 years after Vietnamese volunteer soldiers helped the Cambodian people overthrow the Khmer Rouge regime, the image of the “Buddhist saviors” has remained in the minds of the Cambodians. A VOV reporter in Cambodia recently talked to some Cambodian people about their feeling towards Vietnamese volunteer soldiers.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang city has outstripped other localities to lead the Vietnam Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Index for 10 consecutive years.

(VOVWORLD) - “Sorting out waste” and “Recycling waste for money” models are expanding in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province. The models, launched by the municipal Women’s Union, are making the city greener and generating funds to help local disadvantaged people.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s election to the United Nations Security Council on Saturday as a non-permanent member of the organization manifests its effective diplomatic policy. This is also a heavy task that Vietnam needs to make all out efforts to fulfill.

(VOVWORLD) - The Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority has launched a promotion campaign in the Gulf States, as the Arab market accounts for 30% of tourist arrivals in Egypt.

(VOVWORLD) - On Friday, the UN General Assembly will vote to choose five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for the next two years. Vietnam, the only candidate from the Asia-Pacific region, has a chance to assume greater responsibility for ensuring world peace and security.