(VOVWORLD) - Lawmakers on Tuesday grilled cabinet members about pressing issues like socio-economic development, anti-corruption, quality of construction projects, environmental pollution, and administrative reform.

(VOVWORLD) - The third Coffee Expo Vietnam 2018 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City next week, attracting 250 brands from 10 nations.

(VOVWORLD) - Visitors to the seventh Hong Kong Food Carnival, which is underway in Kwai Tsing district, Hong Kong (China) from October 27 to November 4, have shown interest in Vietnamese food.

(VOVWORLD) - No Vietnamese citizens were marked as onboard the Lion Air passenger plane of Indonesia, which crashed into the sea yesterday morning, Vietnamese embassy in Indonesia confirmed.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea’s defense chief said on Monday that Seoul supports the US decision to suspend their major allied air combat training, seeking alternative ways to bolster the allied defense posture.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran says the US will never be able to prevent it from selling crude oil to international clients, stressing that no other supplier can match the quality of oil it provides to overseas markets.

(VOVWORLD) - British newspaper The Independent recommends a three-day trip to Hanoi and Ha Long Bay as a great, affordable travel option.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ninh Binh National Culture, Sports, and Tourism Festival 2018 opened on Sunday night in Ninh Binh city with an exhibition of large propaganda posters on environmental protection and a photo exhibition on Ninh Binh’s land and people.

(VOVWORLD) -Islamic State (IS) militants have recaptured all areas previously lost to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - An Indonesian search and rescue agency official estimated there would be no survivors from the Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea north of Java Island on Monday.