(VOVWORLD) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced Friday a freeze of all contacts with Israel over controversial new security measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque, eastern Jerusalem.

(VOVWORLD) - Qatar’s emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani called on Friday for dialogue to resolve a political crisis pitting his country against four Arab states.

(VOVWORLD) - Hong Kong health authorities are treating the world’s first case of a patient contracting Japanese encephalitis (JE), through a blood transfusion.

(VOVWORLD) -Artifacts confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hue city on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -The first culture, sport and tourism festival of ethic people in the Central Highlands will take place in Gia Lai province in November.

(VOVWORLD) -The number of foreign arrivals in Vietnam in the first half of this year jumped 30% to hit 6.2 million, according to a tourism conference in HCM city on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -Following the State visit by Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to Cambodia from July 20 to 22, Vietnam and Cambodia have issued a joint declaration pledging to promote long term and practical bilateral ties.

(VOVWORLD) -The Party Central Committee’s Communications and Education Commission Chief, Vo Van Thuong, has visited Tuyen Quang province.

(VOVWORLD) - Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on Friday received talented war invalids and disabled people on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day, July 27.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung met with leaders of San Francisco and Utah state during his recently-concluded working trip to the US.