(VOVWORLD) - Mayors from 25 cities around the world, representing 150 million citizens, pledged on Sunday to cut carbon emissions, while boosting efforts to become more resilient to extreme weather and other pressures linked to climate change.

(VOVWORLD) -Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in HCM city was emblazoned on Sunday with a cultural kaleidoscope from Gyeongju city, the Republic of Korea.

(VOVWORLD) -A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the border between Iran and Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 348 people and injuring more than 5,600.

(VOVWORLD) -The NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission began providing training to units of the Afghan National Army in Herat province on Sunday, said an army commander in the western region.

(VOVWORLD) -The Arab League will hold an emergency meeting next Sunday at the request of Saudi Arabia to discuss “violations” committed by Iran in the region.

(VOVWORLD) -Japan and the US conducted a joint naval exercise on Sunday involving three of the US Navy’s aircraft carriers in the Sea of Japan, part of a US strike force exercise amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

(VOVWORLD) -The successful state visit to Vietnam by Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping has contributed remarkably to strengthening traditional friendship and deepening comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries, according a joint statement issued on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping in Hanoi on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping in Hanoi on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted an official welcoming ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President Xi Jinping in Hanoi on Sunday.