(VOVWORLD) - Syria’s opposition must accept that they have not won the six-and-a-half year war against President Bashar al-Assad, U.N. peace mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday concluded his state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam-Hungary cooperation is expected to be taken up a notch following the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Budapest on Wednesday between Truong Thi Mai, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission, and Gergely Gulyas, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary and Vice President of the Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz).

(VOVWORLD) -At least six people have been killed in the French Caribbean territory of St Martin after hurricane Irma tore through the region. Head of the region Eric Maire said it will not be the final toll and 95% of the island has been destroyed.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that Austria’s ODA has helped Vietnam improve living conditions in disadvantaged areas. He made the statement at a meeting to bid farewell to outgoing Austrian Ambassador Thomas Loidl on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tran Dai Quang said Vietnam highly values Egypt’s role as a founding member of the Non-aligned Movement and in outlining the Movement’s basic principles of independence, national sovereignty, and cooperation for mutual benefit and peace among nations.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has reiterated Vietnam’s solidarity with, and the support of the Vietnamese Party, government, and people for, Cuba’s revolution.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam's permanent delegation to the UN, the WTO, and other international organisations, says Vietnam is one of the countries that has suffered most from bombs and mines left over from a war.

(VOVWORLD) - A gala dinner themed “Wonderful Vietnam” took place in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday as part of a 3-day event, the International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City (ITE – HCM 2017).