(VOVWORLD) - Angela Merkel has said she has no qualms about her decision to open Germany’s doors to refugees in 2015, arguing that the policy was “humane” and a reaction to an emergency situation.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said North Korea’s launch of an intermediate ballistic missile that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido amounted to “violent conduct” to a neighbouring country.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Iran have agreed to boost ties between their legislative bodies during National Assembly Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty’s official visit to Iran over the past three days.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City wants the UN Development Program (UNDP) to support its public administrative reforms, climate change response, and startup development programs.

(VOVWORLD) - Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will pay an official visit to Vietnam in September, the Egyptian president's office announced in a statement on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Tran Thanh Man on Tuesday received Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Herminio Lopez Diaz.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has participated in World Expo 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

(VOVWORLD) - Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, Texas enacted a new curfew on Tuesday to address security problems follwing hurricane Harvey.

(VOVWORLD) - 400,000 illegal pilgrims have been stopped for not having licenses to attend the Hajj, according to a Saudi Arabian media.

(VOVWORLD) - China and ASEAN will organize the 22nd meeting of the Joint Working Group on the Implementation of the Declaration on Conduct of the Parties in the East Sea (DOC) on Wednesday in Manila, the Philippines, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters on Tuesday.