[VOVWORLD] - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on Monday chaired a meeting with leaders of the Hanoi People's Committee and ministries on rental housing.

[VOVWORLD] - About 1.6 million Muslims from around the world have gathered in the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

[VOVWORLD] - The World Health Organization said on Sunday that health authorities has identified more than 900 suspected Ebola cases, including 101 laboratory-confirmed infections, as disease surveillance efforts expanded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and his spouse will pay a state visit to Singapore and attend the Shangri-La Dialogue on Friday.

[VOVWORLD] - The upcoming official visit to Thailand by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam is expected to become a milestone shaping the bilateral relations over the next decade, according to Thai newspaper The Standard.

[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on Monday stressed the urgent requirement of defining the goals for basic scientific research development in the new phase, ensuring that bottlenecks are addressed while building a long-term knowledge foundation for the country's rapid and sustainable development.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnamese General Secretary and President To Lam's high-level visit to Thailand will act as a major driving force to deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, while charting a 50-year vision grounded in mutual economic complementarity and the two nations' pivotal roles in ensuring a stable, prosperous ASEAN, said Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister.

[VOVWORLD] - A forum called “Vietnam Cultural Bridge in Japan” was held in Tokyo on Sunday as a platform for dialogue on the most pressing issues facing the Vietnamese community in Japan.

[VOVWORLD] - A bomb blast hit a shuttle train carrying Pakistani security personnel and their families in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest major attack claimed by separatist militants.

[VOVWORLD] - The upcoming official visit to Thailand by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam will create significant momentum for the two countries to promote their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and make a positive contribution to regional stability, Thai scholar Kavi Chongkittavorn said in an interview with a Voice of Vietnam correspondent based in Bangkok.