(VOVWORLD) - Islamic State issued a video on Wednesday threatening new attacks on the Iranian capital Tehran.

(VOVWORLD) - A workshop focusing on the 50-year history of ASEAN was held on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan on the occasion of the bloc’s 50th anniversary.

(VOVWORLD) - Facebook is planning to increase personnel for its company in Germany to be in charge of overseeing or deleting hateful or violent content punishable by law.

(VOVWORLD) -German scholars said Vietnam plays an important role in ASEAN development. In an interview with Vietnam New Agency in Berlin, Dr Gerhard Will, an expert on Southeast Asia, and Dr. Thomas Engelbert of the Asia-Africa Institute, said ASEAN had obtained plenty of political, economical, and security achievements over the past half century.

(VOVWORLD) -Members of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) have urged North Korea to immediately and fully comply with UN Security Council resolutions.

(VOVWORLD) -Bangladeshi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam joined the celebration of 50 years of establishment of ASEAN on Tuesday at the Royal Thai Embassy in Dhaka.

(VOVWORLD) -The National Administration of Environment held a workshop in Hanoi on Wednesday to promote social professional organizations and NGO’s engagement in environmental protection.

(VOVWORLD) -The Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (JSC) will inaugurate an international container train connecting Guangxi-Pingxiang in China to Dong Dang-Yen Vien in Vietnam, and vice versa, on a 35-hour journey.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnam Red Cross Society and the National Humanitarian Portal 1400 on Wednesday launched an SMS campaign to assist flood victims in northern mountainous provinces.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has applauded the positive outcome of talks between First Vice President of Cambodia’s Senate Ney Pena and Vietnamese National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong.