(VOVWORLD) - Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission announced on Sunday that President Ashraf Ghani appears set to win a second term, after preliminary election results showed he was on course to win a narrow majority.

(VOVWORLD) - 19-year-old Phan Anh Thu won the title Miss Teen International-Asia 2019 at the beauty contest ‘s finale held in New Delhi, India, on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and the Indian Embassy in Vietnam have marked the 60th anniversary of a Bodhi tree, a gift by the-then Indian President Rajendra Prasad given to President Ho Chi Minh. A ceremony marking the occasion was held on Sunday in Hanoi’s Tran Quoc pagoda, where the Bodhi tree is grown.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia must keep scheduling on implementing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline link to Europe, a senior Russian senator told state news agency RIA on Saturday after pipe-laying was suspended due to US sanctions.

(VOVWORLD) - India and China on Saturday vowed to double efforts to achieve a "fair", "reasonable" and mutually acceptable solution to the vexed boundary issue and agreed that its early settlement will serve the fundamental interests of both countries.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party and discussed important organizational and political measures and military steps to bolster up the armed forces, the Korean Central News Agency said.

(VOVWORLD) - 50,000 units of blood are expected to be collected during the 12th “Red Sunday”, a blood donation campaign, which began in Hanoi on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Representatives from the mainland left Cam Ranh port in the central province of Khanh Hoa on Sunday for a visit to soldiers and people in the island district of Truong Sa (Spratly) ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year Festival.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has described the recent 30th Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines as a historic SEA Games for Vietnamese sport.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh city has started work on its first industrial and hazardous waste treatment and recycling plant in Binh Chanh district.