(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the Vietnam Permanent Mission to the United Nations, deposited with the UN Secretary General Vietnam's instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on May 17, becoming the 10th country to do so. Once ratified by 50 countries, it will enter into force.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union and the Young Communist League of Cuba (UJC) have nurtured and promoted a good relationship through successful cooperative programs.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces killed ISIS propaganda chief in Syria Abu Baraa Shami in an airstrike, Alsumaria TV said Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will not implement a “Libya model” for denuclearization that would force Pyongyang to give up its arms and see the North Korean President ousted.

(VOVWORLD) - The US Navy’s hospital ship USNS Mercy docked in Nha Trang port on Thursday, beginning its Pacific Partnership Program 2018 until June 2.

(VOVWORLD) - Top Vietnamese leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on Friday ahead of the late leader’s 128th birth anniversary (May 19).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam welcomes AES Corporation and its investment in the Mong Duong 2 power plant in Quang Ninh province, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a reception in Hanoi on Thursday for AES Vietnam’s President David Stone.

(VOVWORLD) - Indonesia’s national police chief Tito Karnavian on Thursday said security has been strengthened to deal with terror threats following a recent series of suicide bombings.

(VOVWORLD) - Arab foreign ministers held an emergency meeting Thursday in Cairo to discuss the US’s transfer of its embassy to Jerusalem.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has chaired a meeting with representatives from 4 central coastal provinces to review recovery efforts for local life and production following the maritime pollution incident in April 2016.