(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese top leaders on Saturday extended condolences to their Syrian counterparts over the death of more than 100 people and injury of many others after a drone attack on a Syrian military academy in the western city of Homs two days earlier.

(VOVWORLD) - The 13th Party Central Committee on Saturday, the 6th working day of its 8th plenum, discussed the review of the 20 year-implementation of the Resolution on strengthening national unity to achieve the goal of rich people, a strong country, equal society, democracy and civilization.

(VOVWORLD) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into several Israeli towns with a heavy barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.

(VOVWORLD) - Sweden will send Ukraine a new military support package worth 2.2 billion crowns ($199 million) - consisting mainly of artillery ammunition - and is looking into sending fighter jets, Defense Minister Pal Jonson said.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States has expelled two Russian embassy officials after Russia earlier expelled two US diplomats from the American embassy in Moscow, the US State Department said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Belgian Culture & Food Festival 2023 (B.Fest 2023) opened in Hai Phong city on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Belgium diplomatic ties.

(VOVWORLD) - A number of key drivers are expected to continue to make Vietnam one of the fastest growing emerging markets in the Asian region in the next five years, said an article on spglobal.com of the US-based global market analysis firm S&P.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkish security forces said on Friday it attacked militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Syria and eastern Turkey and destroyed at least 15 militant targets, including storage facilities and shelters.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam pursues a consistent policy of supporting international efforts towards comprehensive and thorough disarmament, especially nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.

(VOVWORLD) - 30 publishers and book distributors nationwide gather at the ongoing 8th Hanoi Book Festival, which opened on Friday with the theme “Light up knowledge – Build up future.”