(VOVWORLD) -Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday denied reports that it closed a border crossing with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdish region last month.

(VOVWORLD) - A Vietnamese delegation of 150 outstanding young people is attending the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students, which opened on Sunday night in Sochi, Russia.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan delivered a key note speech at the plenary discussion of the 137th Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnamese delegation including 150 outstanding young people is attending the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students, which opened on Sunday night in Olympic Park, Sochi, Russia.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for greater efforts to increase the agricultural sector’s annual growth by 3% and farmers’ income by at least 1.8 fold by 2020.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has reiterated Vietnam’s commitments to integrating sustainable development goals in national socio-economic development programs.

(VOVWORLD) - The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) wants to boost information exchanges with South Korea’s Gyeonggi province and enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples, said VOV President Nguyen The Ky during Saturday’s reception for Jung Ki Yeol, Chairman of the Gyeonggi provincial Assembly.

(VOVWORLD) - Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said on Saturday that the government will take control of Catalonia if regional leader Carles Puigdemont replies ambiguously to Madrid’s question about whether he has declared independence from Spain.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korean media reported on Saturday that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile ahead of an upcoming joint naval drill by the US and the South.

(VOVWORLD) - France on Saturday urged the US Congress not to rip up the Iran nuclear deal, after President Donald Trump decertified Iran's compliance with the 2015 agreement.