(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi and Algerian Minister of Industry and Pharmaceutical Production Ali Aoun co-chaired the Vietnam-Algeria Business Forum in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - During 40 years of national renewal, Hanoi's economy has transformed from a subsidized economy to a socialist-oriented market economy, with mechanisms and policies for market development steadily improving, enhancing Hanoi’s position in the international arena, said Vice Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong.

(VOVWORLD) - The conflict between Israel and Hamas is worsening the lives of people in the Gaza Strip.

(VOVWORLD) - The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to elect a new Speaker. Republicans hold a majority -- 221 seats to the 212 seats of the Democratic Party -- so electing a Speaker is considered essentially an internal matter of the Republican Party.

(VOVWORLD) - A number of Vietnamese and foreign musicians, scholars, and experts are expected to gather at an international conference on music from Friday to Saturday to seek ways to develop the Vietnamese music industry, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s seafood exports in the last quarter of this year are expected to reach 2.4 billion USD, pushing the annual total over 9 billion USD, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

(VOVWORLD) - At a trilateral meeting in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Tuesday, senior officials from the United States, South Korea, and Japan promised to maintain close coordination regarding North Korea's plans to launch a military reconnaissance satellite using ballistic missile technology in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.

(VOVWORLD) - At least 500 people were killed in a massive blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, and hundreds more were injured or still under the rubble, Palestinian officials said.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue received visiting Algerian Minister of Industry and Pharmaceutical Production Ali Aoun in Hanoi on Wednesday, voicing his belief in thriving economic, trade, and investment ties between Vietnam and Algeria in the time ahead.

(VOVWORLD) - President Vo Van Thuong received Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Beijing, China, on Wednesday on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.