(VOVWORLD) - Three research projects by Vietnamese scientists were honored with the 2018 Kova Prize at a ceremony in Hanoi on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) -Australian travel website Traveller has named three dishes from Vietnam in their list of the world’s best dishes in 2018.

(VOVWORLD) - Heavy rains hit Phu Quy Island off Binh Thuan province on Saturday morning as storm Usagi approaches Vietnam’s southern coast and is forecast to cause direct impacts on HCM city.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received newly accredited Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Paul Jansen in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - An explosion has ripped through a busy market place in the northwestern Pakistani town of Kalaya, killing at least 25 people, officials say. More than 55 people were wounded when the blast occurred on Friday morning, health official Adnan Tahir told Al Jazeera by telephone from the provincial capital, Peshawar.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh met with voters of Long An province’s Ben Luc district on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump warned on Thursday there could be a government shutdown next month over security on the border with Mexico, suggesting he could hold up a funding deal if no more money is provided for a wall between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Public Security, Sen. Lt. Gen. To Lam met with UK Minister of State for Immigration Caroline Nokes and Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field in London on Thursday, as part of his visit to the country at the invitation of UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran will remain committed to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal if other signatories still participate in the agreement even after the US withdrew its support in May. In case the deal cannot secure Tehran’s economic interests, it will consider another plan.

(VOVWORLD) - The Russian Embassy on Thursday sent a diplomatic note to the UK Foreign Office regarding the Salisbury poisoning incident in March.