(VOVWORLD) -India has officially joined the Australia Group (AG), an official release said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Israeli army has unveiled details of a massive underground barrier being built along the Gaza Strip to stop militants building 'attack' tunnels.

(VOVWORLD) -The US government has started shutting down after Congress failed to overcome a bitter standoff over spending and immigration - marking a chaotic end to Donald Trump's first year as president.

(VOVWORLD) -A World Trade Organization arbitrator on Friday gave Washington until August 22 to implement a prior ruling faulting the anti-dumping measures taken against Chinese products.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea has abruptly cancelled plan to send a delegation led by the head of a hugely popular girl band to South Korea over the weekend, to check preparations for a trip by a North Korean art troupe she also leads during next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tran Dai Quang has said that Vietnam’s achievements in 2017 cannot be separated from effective cooperation and support from countries and international organizations, including the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and regional inter-parliamentary organizations.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has applauded the parliament leaders’ attendance the 26th Annual Meeting of Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26) and the meeting’s theme “Promoting parliamentary partnership for peace, innovation and sustainable development”.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang has called on the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association to boost free legal consultation and support for vulnerable people.

(VOVWORLD) -Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong has underlined the tasks of continued implementation of platform, Resolutions of the 12th National Party Congress, and Resolutions of the Party Central Committee on party building.

(VOVWORLD) -The Party Central Committee Office held a meeting in Hanoi on Friday to review 2017’s performance and set out tasks for 2018.