(VOVWORLD) - The Iraqi government announced on Thursday that its military, after 2 weeks of combat, reclaimed north Tal Afar and the rest of Nineveh province, one of ISIS’s last strongholds in northern Iraq.

(VOVWORLD) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran remains committed to the 2015 nuclear agreement signed with the P5+1, which consists of the US, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany.

(VOVWORLD) - A delegation of senior Vietnamese leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on Friday on the occasion of Vietnam’s 72nd National Day, September 2.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States is demanding that Russia close its consulate in San Francisco and two annex buildings in Washington, DC and New York City in response to the Kremlin's decision to shrink the US diplomatic mission in Russia.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Industry and Trade will issue a decree on automobile manufacturing, trading, and maintenance. The decree sets basic conditions for enterprises to take responsibility for their products, users, and the environment.

(VOVWORLD) -The Laotian Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism held the finale of a song writing contest on the Vietnam-Laos special friendship and solidarity in Vientiane on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang on Thursday conferred a 70-year Party Membership Medal to former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung told Cuban Ambassador Herminio Lopez Diaz that the joint governmental cooperation mechanism should be promoted.

(VOVWORLD) -President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh in the presidential relic site in Hanoi on Thursday to mark the 72nd anniversary of the August Revolution and the Independence Day.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has expressed its grave concern at China’s announcement of a military drill by the mouth of the Tonkin Gulf.