(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is likely to reach its target of exporting 6.5 million tons of rice this year.

(VOVWORLD) - Strong aftershocks rocked Papua New Guinea’s remote and rugged highlands on Monday, as the death toll from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake a week ago reached 55, and is expected to rise further.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has launched a “Green Sundays” campaign to raise awareness of environmental protection nationwide, particularly in crowded residential areas, factories, agencies, and schools.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump has spoken to world leaders about his planned tariff hike on steel and aluminum and is not considering any exemptions, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Italy's ruling centre-left Democratic Party on Monday admitted it had suffered a "clear defeat" in the general election after coming in third according to projections.

(VOVWORLD) - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday promised to work with the Social Democrats for “the good of Germany", after the centre-left party voted to join her new coalition.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon, starting a three-day State visit to Bangladesh. Mr. Quang was greeted with a 21-gun salute during an official welcome ceremony at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Mr. Quang met with Bangladeshi Minister of Foreign Affairs Abul Hassan Mahmood Alion and visited the Vietnamese embassy in Bangladesh.

(VOVWORLD) - Syrian troops took control of several villages in Eastern Ghouta on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam and Bangladesh have agreed to double two-way trade to at least 1.8 billion USD by 2020 during talks in Dhaka on Monday between visiting Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang and his wife arrived in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon, beginning a three-day State visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.