(VOVWORLD) -The leaders of the Group of 7 on Saturday shared a common view that Iran should not possess nuclear weapons, but failed to reach a consensus on the approach to this issue.

(VOVWORLD) -South Korea's navy has launched an annual drill around a group of small islands claimed by both Tokyo and Seoul.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan to improve its business climate to boost its competitiveness.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on Sunday presented the 70-year Party Membership Medal to former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu.

(VOVWORLD) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday concluded his three-day official visit to Vietnam, where he met Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh. He attended a meeting with the business communities of both countries and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese martial artists brought home four gold medals at the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships which ended in China on Saturday. They also bagged nine silver and eight bronze medals to rank 3rd in the final tally.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump on Friday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some 550 billion USD in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest economies.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that Russia has never, does not want, and will not be dragged into an arm race, but his country will ensure its security.

(VOVWORLD) - At least 5 people died and 100 injured in a stampede at a rap concert in Algiers, Algeria on Thursday night. Victims were from 20 to 25 years old, said Nassim Bernaoui, Head of Algerian Civil Protection Department.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam jumped from fifth to third in the list of most active start-up ecosystems in the six largest ASEAN economies in only two years.