(VOVWORLD) - A memorial service took place in Hanoi on Friday as part of a State funeral for former President General Le Duc Anh, who was also a former Politburo member and a former National Assembly deputy.

(VOVWORLD) - A Vietnamese woman accused of murdering a DPRK man in Malaysia was freed from prison on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for joint action to create a healthy, safe, and sustainable environment and deal with plastic waste.

(VOVWORLD) - The ASEAN+3 finance ministers have agreed to consider adding the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan to currency swap arrangements in addition to the US dollar, while rejecting protectionism amid growing US-China trade tensions.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey and the United States are nearing an agreement on the details of a planned safe zone in northeast Syria along the Turkish border, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Finland next week to discuss the crisis in Venezuela, a US official said Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday called on the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) to maintain unity to defend the Constitution, Venezuelan democracy, and peace.

(VOVWORLD) - A state funeral for former President Le Duc Anh began on Friday with a respect-paying ceremony at 7 a.m and a memorial service later in the morning at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi. The funeral organizing board is headed by Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.

(VOVWORLD) - The US officially ends sanction waivers granted to eight countries and territories importing crude oil from Iran on May 2nd.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has offered to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “unconditionally” in a bid to restore diplomatic ties.