(VOVWORLD) -Syrian state media say hundreds of rebel fighters in a town northeast of Damascus have handed in their weapons and started to leave under an evacuation deal.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU on Thursday imposed travel ban and asset freezes against 4 more individuals for funding North Korea’s weapons program through deceptive financial practices, bringing the total list to 59 individuals and 9 entities.

(VOVWORLD) - The leaders of France and Germany have reaffirmed their willingness to unite in reconstructing the EU and the Eurozone.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his wife will pay an official visit to Singapore from April 25 to 27 at the invitation of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a ceremony on Thursday to welcome Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - A UN team is discussing security arrangements with Syrian and Russian authorities in Douma to allow experts to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack, officials said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A White House annoucement on Thursday said Japan and the US had urged North Korea to abandon short and medium-range missiles that could strike Japan as well as the North’s intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of hitting the US mainland.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia's representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Alexander Shulgin, once again dismissed British claims on the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, throwing the accusation of lies straight back at the UK.

(VOVWORLD) - The Voice of Vietnam will hold its 13th National Radio Festival from May 3 to 5 in Vinh city, Nghe An province.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Book Day opened in Hanoi on Thursday to promote reading culture in the community while honoring authors, book collectors, and publishers.