(VOVWORLD) - Japan on Friday commemorated 80 years since the end of World War II and paid tribute to the 3.1 million people who lost their lives during the war.

(VOVWORLD) - A delegation of officers and soldiers from the Lao People’s Army will travel to Vietnam on Friday to take part in a parade marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day on September 2, the Lao Defence Ministry said.

(VOVWORLD) - Delegates discussing the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach consensus, diplomats said on Friday, voicing disappointment and even rage that the 10-day talks produced no deal.

(VOVWORLD) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country on Friday to move towards more self-reliance, manufacture everything from fertilizers to jet engines and EV batteries, and vowed to protect farmers in the face of a trade conflict with the US.

(VOVWORLD) -The Humanoid Robot Games opened on Thursday evening at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) and US tech giant Qualcomm Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Thursday, aiming to make Vietnam a major technology research and development center.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will inaugurate or break ground on 250 projects across 34 provinces and cities next Tuesday, to mark the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution in the run-up to National Day on September 2, the Ministry of Construction said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said Thursday that Vietnam values Mekong-Lancang cooperation and urges stronger joint efforts in the sustainable and effective management of its water resources.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam held a telephone conversation with President of the Cambodian People’s Party Hun Sen on Thursday at Cambodia’s request, to discuss measures to further strengthen relations between the two Parties and the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Senior Israeli officials have maintained a hardline stance that they will only negotiate a final deal to end the Gaza conflict if Hamas releases all 50 hostages in captivity.