(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong on Tuesday chaired a ceremony to debut the organizing committee of the 26th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26).

(VOVWORLD) - Michelle Vo, a US citizen of Vietnamese origin, was among the 59 victims of the Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Bank and the Vietnamese government on Tuesday launched a joint report titled “Vietnam Public Expenditure Review (PER): Fiscal policies towards sustainability, efficiency, and equity”.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has closed a 3-day tourism promotion program in Milan and Rome.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is willing to cooperate with the US if it is equitable.

(VOVWORLD) - Three US scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, and Kip S. Thorne, have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of gravitational waves with their work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or “LIGO”.

(VOVWORLD) - The Trump administration on Tuesday expelled 15 Cuban diplomats from Washington after a string of health incidents affected 22 US diplomats in Havana.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Anh, deputy permanent representative of the Vietnam mission to the UN, highlighted the role of education in reducing social inequality at the 72nd session of the UN Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee in New York on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated Vietnam’s strong support for Laos’ national construction and defense process at a reception for Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The US government has pledged to provide maximum assistance for Vietnam in judicial reforms, thus enhancing the two countries’ relations.