(VOVWORLD) - 77 people in the northern and central provinces had been reported dead or missing as of Thursday afternoon during widespread flooding caused by torrential rains over the past 3 days.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue honored winners of the first press awards for sustainable poverty reduction effort in the 2016-2020 period at a ceremony in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The musical play Frédégonde will be performed next Friday and Saturday at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, 120 years after its first performance in Paris.

(VOVWORLD) - ISIS suicide attackers have killed dozens of people with 3 car bombs in northeastern Syria. At least 50 people are dead and many more wounded.

(VOVWORLD) - Hamas and Fatah have signed a landmark reconciliation deal in Cairo taking a key step towards ending a decade-long rift between the two Palestinian factions.

(VOVWORLD) -Britain and the EU are stuck in a “disturbing” deadlock over the Brexit divorce bill, though a breakthrough remains possible in the next two months, EU negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The US has announced it will withdraw from the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The withdrawal will take effect on 31 December 2018.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s exports to Algeria were estimated to have earned 240 million USD in the past three quarters, an increase of 17 percent from the same period last year.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has confirmed that preparation for the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week is complete.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday discussed with leaders of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group ways to address the group's difficulties and enhance its contribution to fulfilling the target growth rate of 6.7% this year.