Donald Trump held onto his commanding lead in the Republican race for the White House after his call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States was condemned worldwide, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, the first national survey conducted entirely after the billionaire's remarks.

The draft of the new constitution of Thailand is scheduled to be announced on January 29, 2016, according to the country’s Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) Chairman Meechai Ruchapan on December 10. 

The Government of Myanmar has set up a committee to facilitate the transfer of power from the current government to the National League for Democracy Party (NLD).

The Joint Coordination Committee on Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area held its 10th Meeting in the Lao province of Champasak on December 11.

The Swiss city of Geneva raised its alert level on December 10 and said it was looking for suspects who, according to national officials, had possible links to terrorism.

The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has killed the group's finance minister and two other senior leaders in air strikes in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said on December 10.

(VOV) -Boston Global Forum has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as the recipients of the World Leader for Peace, Security and Development Award. 

Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Herminio Lopez Diaz held a reception for Vietnamese officials and the diplomatic corps in Hanoi on December 9 to mark the 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic ties.

(VOV) - An agreement on Passenger Name Record (PNR) was submitted to the EU Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on December 9 prior to being voted on the EU Parliament’s 1st meeting next year. 

Millions of Indonesians on December 9 cast ballots in the country’s first-ever simultaneous elections for regional leaders in 264 regions, half of the local administrations.