(VOVWORLD) -Syrian government troops and Russian fighter jets on Monday killed more than 200 IS militants who were on their way to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor.

(VOVWORLD) - Working groups and sub-committees of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) continued discussions during the third Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 3) in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) -Spanish police on Monday shot dead a man identified as Younes Abouyaaqoub, the van driver who killed 15 people and wounded 100 others in the town of Subirats, 60 km west of Barcelona last Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party and state always deploy varying resources to protect and support children across the nation, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said at a meeting on Tuesday with delegations of the 3rd National Ethnic Children Festival.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam is gravely concerned and strongly condemns repeated terrorist attacks in Europe, the most recent involving the stabbing of citizens in Turku, Finland, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang at a press briefing in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting on law building in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi Tuesday for an official visit to Indonesia at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo and a state visit to Myanmar at the invitation of Myanmar President Htin Kyaw.

(VOVWORLD) -President Donald Trump's strategy on the Afghanistan war is likely to lead to more U.S. forces going to the warn-torn Asian country — and with the focus on counter terrorism activities. Trump offered few specifics in a speech on Monday but promised a stepped-up military campaign against the Taliban who have gained ground against U.S.-backed Afghan government forces.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran’s atomic chief warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic needs only five days to ramp up its uranium enrichment to 20 percent, a level at which the material could be used for a nuclear weapon.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien yesterday won a gold medal in the women’s 100m backstroke category at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 29) in Malaysia.