(VOVWORLD) -Russian news agency MediaMetrics has an one hour radio broadcast show featuring Vietnam stories, capturing the interest of 7,000 people on its webpage and radio services.

(VOVWORLD) - Cuba on Friday slammed as "hasty" a US decision to withdraw more than half of its embassy staff from Havana, and warned the move would affect ties.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States "does not recognise" Iraqi Kurds' "unilateral" referendum on independence and calls on all parties to reject the use of force and engage in dialogue.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi troops liberated a region from Islamic State in southwest of Kirkuk on Friday, the first day of their second-phase operation against the IS.

(VOVWORLD) -The US Treasury Friday announced tighter financial sanctions on Russian banks and energy firms because of Moscow's continued interference in Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) -The Government of Laos hosted a ceremony to inaugurate and hand over a memorial house dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh in the late President’s home province of Nghe An on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -Nearly 100 maps and documents which prove that the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam are being exhibited in Yen Bai province.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised the effective cooperation between the Vietnamese and Lao Ministries of Home Affairs, which he said contributes to fostering the friendship between the 2 countries.

(VOVWORLD) -The National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs has reviewed the management and use of the health insurance fund last year and the implementation of the Assembly resolution on the law toward achieving universal health insurance coverage.

(VOVWORLD) - A Vietnam-China working group convened its eighth round of talks in Beijing, China, from Monday to Wednesday to discuss the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin.