(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs began a 2-day session in Hanoi on Friday to review government reports on management and use of the health insurance fund and the fund for the prevention and control of tobacco’s harmful effects during the 2016-2017 period.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam pledges to strengthen its coordination with the UN to implement the UN’s global action plan to end human trafficking.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi has seen positive changes over the last few years and stable socio –economic growth, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a meeting with Hanoi authorities on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh has called on Vietnam and Kazakhstan to bolster exchanges of delegations at all levels, hold political consultations to enhance the efficiency of bilateral cooperation, and support each other at the UN and other multilateral forums.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea said on Thursday that American student Otto Warmbier suffered no torture during his 17-month detention.

(VOVWORLD) -A Mid-autumn Festival featuring traditional Vietnamese toys will be held in Hanoi next Monday through Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Thursday that Tehran may walk away from the historical nuclear deal with world powers and consider other options if the US withdraws, Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera reported.

(VOVWORLD) - 3 people were killed and 16 wounded when a sticky bomb destroyed a police car in central Kabul city, Afghanistan, on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Libya, since losing their Sirte stronghold on the Mediterranean shore last year, have set up a desert army.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang to develop high-tech agriculture on its large rice fields and combine agricultural restructure with development of new rural areas.