Vietnamese defence minister calls for unity in ASEAN meeting

Vietnamese defence minister Ngô Xuân Lịch has called on ASEAN members to consolidate the bloc’s unity, foster ASEAN centrality principle in the face of “strategic competition” in the region between world’s major powers.

Deutsche Post DHL Group and UNDP join hands for resilient local airports Deutsche Post DHL Group and UNDP join hands for resilient local airports

37 killed in Burkina Faso's deadliest attack in five years An ambush on a convoy transporting employees of a Canadian mining company in Burkina Faso killed 37 people on Wednesday, the deadliest attack in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country.

US targets Iran construction sector with new sanctions The United States on Thursday extended its sanctions on Iran by taking aim at its construction sector, which Washington linked to the country's Revolutionary Guards.

Charity Fun Run to get set in Hưng Yên

The Charity Fun Run is scheduled to take place at the BUV Campus Ecopark in the northern province of Hưng Yên on November 3.

A plague or a blessing? Nearly 20 poor households from a rural commune in the central province of Quảng Trị thought their lives were about to turn around, or at least improve a wee bit, when they were included on a list to receive cattle from a poverty reduction project.

Man Utd end away-day misery despite penalty woe

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer breathed a huge sigh of relief after Manchester United ended their eight-month wait for a Premier League away win as his side beat Norwich City 3-1 on Sunday.

National campaign for HIV/AIDS prevention launched A national communication campaign for HIV/AIDS prevention, called K=K – (Không phát hiện = Không lây truyền) or U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable), was launched at a ceremony on Tuesday at the Bạch Mai General Hospital in Hà Nội.

Drug companies near global settlement over opioid crisis

Three leading American drug distributors and an Israeli drugmaker blamed for a deadly US opioid epidemic settled a bellwether civil lawsuit with two Ohio counties on Monday, opening the door for a broader national settlement worth billions of dollars.

US-China trade mini-deal being 'papered': Trump The partial trade bargain struck last week with China is now being formally put down in writing, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday.