(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong briefed voters on the results of the just-concluded 4th session of the 14th National Assembly at a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said Vietnam supports Australia and creates favorable conditions for friendship organizations in education, culture, and humanitarian relief.

(VOVWORLD) - Experts discussed ways to resolve conflicts and create a “smart” East Sea region at the 9th International Workshop on the East Sea in Ho Chi Minh city on Monday and Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The trial of ousted President Park Geun-hye, after a 40-day halt, will proceed without her, a South Korean court said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council will organize an emergency meeting on Thursday following North Korea’s latest missile test.

(VOVWORLD) - Germany’s Social Democrat Party (SPD) asked Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday to censure a conservative agriculture minister they blame for sparking a row over a weedkiller that damaged trust between the two camps seeking to form a coalition.

(VOVWORLD) -A Syrian government delegation will attend peace talks held in Geneva this week.

(VOVWORLD) - The 20th Vietnam Film Festival closed in Da Nang city on Tuesday night with 4 Golden Lotus Awards given to the documentary “Live and retell"; a science documentary on a solution to fight coastal erosion; the animated film “Mannequin boy”; and the feature film “Em chua 18” (Jailbait).

(VOVWORLD) - Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia received Vietnamese Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha, who attended the 11th meeting of the Vietnam-Algeria Inter-Governmental Committee in Algiers this week.

(VOVWORLD) - President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed at his inauguration Tuesday to unite Kenyans after months of election turmoil.