(VOVWORLD) -Ho Chi Minh city leaders on Saturday offered incense and flowers at the Ho Chi Minh Museum’s branch and Ho Chi Minh Statue to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s 128th birth anniversary (May 19). Former Party and State leaders and local people also attended the event.

(VOVWORLD) - The 5th session of the 14th National Assembly will begin in Hanoi next Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, said Vietnam is concerned about escalating tension and violence in the Gaza Strip over recent days, which killed and injured many Palestinians.

(VOVWORLD) - Cuba's state-run media reported that more than 100 people were believed dead Friday after a Cubana de Aviacion Boeing crashed on takeoff from Havana's Jose Marti International Airport.

(VOVWORLD) -Texas governor Greg Abbott confirmed on Friday that ten people have been killed and ten wounded in a shooting at Santa Fe high school.

(VOVWORLD) - An official at South Korea’s presidential Blue House has said that South Korea is seeking to act as a mediator to bridge the gap between the US and North Korea ahead of a planned summit.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has sent a message of condolences to President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas over the deaths and injuries of many Palestinians in the conflict in the Gaza Strip on May 14.

(VOVWORLD) - The Japanese Diet approved on Friday bills to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

(VOVWORLD) - The ASEAN foreign ministers on Friday released a statement condemning recent terrorist attacks in Indonesia, according to the ASEAN Secretariat.

(VOVWORLD) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has decided to open the Rafah crossing with Gaza for a month, allowing Palestinians to cross during the holy period of Ramadan.