(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked ministries, sectors, and localities to take measures to fight drought and salination in the Mekong delta, a rice granary of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has urged the Assembly’s Office to work closely with relevant agencies to organize activities and events of the 41st ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly (AIPA41) as Vietnam assumes the Chair of AIPA in 2020.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi television reported Friday that General Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC's) Quds Force, was killed by a US air attack at Baghdad's international airport.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh is one of four players to watch in the AFC U23 Championship's Group D, according to an AFC article.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam on Wednesday began a 2-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

(VOVWORLD) - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith is set to visit Vietnam and co-chair the 42nd meeting of the Vietnam–Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Hanoi which will run until Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a bill that allows troops to be deployed to Libya in support of the Tripoli-based government in Libya’s worsening civil war.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Thursday urged North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to exercise "restraint" following Pyongyang’s warning to reveal a "new strategic weapon" if nuclear negotiations with the US are further stalled.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Thursday expressed hopes for a big step in the new year toward establishing genuine peace on the Korean Peninsula, despite growing skepticism over the stalemate in nuclear talks with North Korea.

(VOVWORLD) - Heads of state and governments around the globe delivered speeches and sent messages to mark the arrival of 2020, wishing for a good year ahead.