General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee President Nguyễn Phú Trọng has offered sympathies to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the heavy losses in an apartment block collapse in the city of Magnitogorsk.
The UN Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Friday on the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, diplomats said.
A US government delegation will visit China next week for the first face-to-face talks since President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart agreed on a temporary truce in the trade war, Beijing said on Friday.
Tourists marooned on Thai islands hunkered down on Friday as Tropical Storm Pabuk edged closer, forcing airports and ferries to close and bringing downpours and massive sea swells hours before its expected landfall.
Four billion miles from the sun floats Ultima Thule, an icy celestial body that NASA scientists announced on Wednesday is aptly shaped like a giant snowman.
Spanish coastguards rescued 401 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean over the first two days of the new year, they said on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump met top Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday, but they failed to hammer out an agreement that would end a partial government shutdown over his demand for billions of dollars to build a border wall with Mexico.
One of the leaders of the "yellow vest"anti-government demonstrations, Eric Drouet, was detained by French police and placed in custody on Wednesday for organising a central Paris protest without declaring it, according to a source at the prosecutors office.
Australia announced the closure of Melbourne's controversial Maribyrnong detention centre on Wednesday, one of several facilities used to lock up immigrants who arrived without papers.
Lebanon's prime minister-designate, Saad Hariri, warned on Tuesday a government needs to be formed as the country faces a tough economic situation after months of political deadlock.
Russian rescuers on Tuesday pulled a baby boy hurt but alive from the ruins of an apartment building where he spent the night in sub-zero temperatures after a gas explosion that killed at least nine people.
As the world celebrates, many are wondering whether the turmoil witnessed in 2018 will spill over into the next year.
Three people were killed and another 79 were unaccounted for after a gas explosion rocked a residential building in Russia on Monday, leaving hundreds without a home in freezing temperatures on New Year's Eve.
2018 was a turbulent year in world events, full of ups and downs. Below are the top 10 world events of 2018 as selected by the Vietnam News Agency.
Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed on Friday (Dec 28) when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said.
The South Korean President wins our award because of his steadfast commitment to diplomacy and deescalation.
A Spanish charity rescue boat is due to arrive in a southern Spanish port Friday morning carrying more than 300 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya a week ago.
A DR Congo opposition bloc called on Thursday for a nationwide stoppage and police clashed with demonstrators in two eastern cities after upcoming elections were placed on hold in their region.
The US government partial shutdown was set to stretch deep into next week after legislators failed on Thursday to make a breakthrough in the row over President Donald Trump's demand for a US-Mexico border wall.
Pope Francis called for peace and "fraternity" and Queen Elizabeth II warned against "tribalism", as millions across the world celebrated Christmas on Tuesday -- and US President Donald Trump caused a festive furore by asking a child whether he still believed in Santa Claus.
