(VOVWORLD) - A forum on women’s role in natural disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation at a forum opened in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces took full control of Kirkuk city on Monday, following a 4-hour clash with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.

(VOVWORLD) - A trade forum between ASEAN and MEDEF International, the French Business Confederation, took place Monday in Paris to mark the 50th anniversary of the ASEAN foundation.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with the Vietnamese Embassy staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Kazakhstan on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received outgoing US Ambassador Ted Osius in Hanoi on Tuesday, congratulating the diplomat on a successful term in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - A ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam’s membership to the UN took place in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) on Tuesday presented the Merit Medal "For the development of Vietnamese women" to Han Mi Young, President of the World Women Inventors and Entrepreneurs Association (WWIEA).

(VOVWORLD) - Palestine believes that the United States' decision to withdraw from UNESCO and Israel's intention to follow suit are a mistake, Secretary General of the Fatah movement's central committee Jibril Rajoub said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said Monday that talks on Britain's exit from the EU should be accelerated.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that the Russian military campaign in Syria is almost completed.