Vietnam will continue to support efforts toward comprehensive disarmament and non-proliferation, with the highest priority given to the general and complete elimination of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. 

Participants at a conference hosted by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) discussed how to reform and develop people-to-people diplomacy in the context of international integration in Hanoi on October 15. 

Myanmar's government signed its long-awaited Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with eight of 15 rebel forces on October 15. 

The Vietnamese Party and State always give priority to ensuring human rights for all Vietnamese citizens. 

Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on October 15, targeting a long-held and strategic enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad.

Reversing policy on Afghanistan, President Barack Obama announced on October 15 he will prolong the 14-year-old US military engagement there, effectively handing off the task of pulling out troops to his successor.

Vietnam and China held the first ministerial-level session of the working group on land infrastructure cooperation in Beijing on October 15 to seek more practical and effective cooperation mechanisms in the field. 

(VOV) - On October 15, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh gave the media Vietnam’s response to the US Department of State’s report on international religious freedom in 2014, including the situation in Vietnam.

(VOV) -Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and her Lao counterpart Bounnhang Vorachith agreed upon a number of measures to further enhance bilateral ties during their talks in Vientiane on October 15. 

The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) of Thailand will present the country’s economic and social development model following the sufficiency economy philosophy at an Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. 

The 12th Congress of the Party Organisation of Central Agencies Bloc (CAB) concluded on October 15 after three working days, electing a 55-member Party Committee for the 2015-2020 tenure and 34 delegates to join the upcoming 12th National Party Congress.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged farmers nationwide to make more efforts to grasp and exploit all development opportunities brought about by the integration process to promote the national agricultural sector.

Cambodia and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation across fields of education, trade, investment and tourism, according to Cambodian foreign ministry spokesman Chum Sounry. 

US Vice President Joe Biden faced an altered political dynamic on October 14 after Hillary Clinton reasserted her command of the Democratic Party presidential race during a debate that may have left little room for him to run.

Challenges and opportunities to be brought about by the creation of the ASEAN Community at the end of this year were discussed by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong during a meeting with young people in Phnom Penh on October 14.

The United States is sending 300 US troops, along with surveillance drones, to Cameroon to bolster a West African effort to counter the Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, US officials said on October 14.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on October 14 Moscow was helping the fight against Islamist insurgents in Iraq with the consent of the Baghdad government.

The 10th Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Organisation for the 2015-2020 tenure commenced on October 14, with the participation of 445 delegates representing more than 200,000 Party members across the city. 

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee gave opinions on the drafts of the revised Law on Administrative Procedures and the revised Criminal Procedure Code at ​its 42nd session in Hanoi on October 14.

President Truong Tan Sang hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 14 for a Japanese business delegation who are in Vietnam to attend the Vietnam-Japan economic forum held the same day. 

(VOV) -The Vietnam Embassy in New Zealand and the Centre for Defence and Security Studies under the University of Massey recently co-hosted a talk on the tension in the East Sea in Wellington.

Singapore and China on October 13 agreed to new initiatives to further promote the international use of Chinese yuan through Singapore.

(VOV) - A high-ranking defence ministry delegation led by Minister, General Phung Quang Thanh left Hanoi for Beijing on October 14 to attend the China-ASEAN Informal Defence Ministerial Meeting and Shengshan Forum from October 14-18.

Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, a former diplomat and criminal justice expert from Thailand, took his oath on October 12 as the new Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community.

Lieut. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, hosted a reception for a delegation from the Indian Army War College in Hanoi on October 13. 

The Taliban said they were pulling back in the northern city of Kunduz on October 13 in order to protect civilians, but fighting continued elsewhere in the country with government troops battling to reopen the main highway south of the capital Kabul.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on October 13 in its final report on the crash in July 2014 that killed all 298 people on board, most of them Dutch.

A missile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a UN Security Council resolution and Washington will raise the incident at the United Nations, the US State Department said October 13.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) supports efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula, said ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh.

Over its 90 years of formation and development, Cao Dai has risen to become one of the major religions of Vietnam, contributing to diversifying the national traditional culture and fostering unity, affirmed President Truong Tan Sang.