VOV.VN - The European Union and Cuba signed an agreement on March 11 to normalize ties, in a deal that could clear the way for trade and political dialogue between the 28-member bloc and the Caribbean nation after more than a decade. 

VOV.VN - Malaysia has decided to stop the recruitment of new foreign workers into the country with immediate effect.

Naval officers of Indonesia and the US have discussed plans for a regular military exercise at sea in 2016 at their recent meeting in the East Java province capital of Surabaya.

Ambassador Nguyen Hoanh Nam, head of the Vietnam delegation to ASEAN, attended the third meeting of the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Joint Cooperation Committee in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 13.

Syria peace talks due to begin in Geneva this week look set to struggle, with the sides showing no sign of compromise over the issue at the heart of the five-year-long conflict: the future of President Bashar al-Assad.

Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African branch killed 16 people, including four Europeans, at a beach resort town in Ivory Coast on March 13, the latest in a string of deadly attacks that have confirmed the Islamists' growing reach in West Africa.

A car bomb tore through a crowded transport hub in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on March 13, killing at least 34 people and wounding 125 in the second such attack in the administrative heart of the city in under a month.

Germans vote in three regional state elections on March 13, with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives at risk of setbacks that would weaken her just as she tries to push through a deal to resolve Europe's migrant crisis.

Indonesia’s Government has extended Operation Tinombala 2016, which aims to hunt down Abu Wardah Santoso, head of a terror group in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan announced on March 12.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 12 called for world powers to take "immediate punitive steps" against Iran, following its ballistic missile tests last week.

Syria's main opposition group said it would attend peace talks on March 14 but accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of preparing to escalate the war to strengthen its negotiating position.

The United States will raise during UN Security Council consultations next week the issue of Iran's recent ballistic missile launches and is urging countries to cooperate on undermining Tehran's missile program, the US envoy to the United Nations said on March 11.

VOV.VN - The Japanese government emphasizes the importance of supporting the 10 ASEAN member bloc in its annual report on foreign aid released March 11.

A suspected piece of debris from the missing plane MH370 found in Mozambique has been delivered to Malaysia for analysis, officials said on March 10.

VOV.VN - After negotiating for 12 hours in Brussels on March 7, EU and Turkish leaders failed to find a solution to the worst migrant crisis since World War II. They could only agree to continue the discussion for 10 more days.  

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s leader Kim Jong Un watched a ballistic missile launch test and ordered the country to improve nuclear attack capability by continuing to conduct more tests, the official KCNA news agency reported on March 11.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reacted to Iran's recent ballistic missile tests by urging Tehran to act with moderation and restraint and to avoid increasing regional tensions, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said March 10.

President Barack Obama and new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 10 ended a frosty period in bilateral ties by agreeing to tackle climate change and strive to settle a long-lasting trade dispute over Canadian softwood lumber exports.

The presidential election process kicked off in Myanmar on March 10 as the House of Representatives (Lower House), House of Nationalities (Upper House) and military-assigned representatives submit their candidates. 

Two soldiers were killed and five others injured after a bomb was remotely detonated on March 9 in Thailand’s Muslim-majority deep south, according to Thai police.

Indonesia and India will conduct a joint military exercise called “Garuda Shakti” to enhance the ability of the two countries’ armies to undertake joint tactical-level operations. 

The ASEAN Community formation offers a good opportunity for France and ASEAN to expand their economic ties, Philippe Varin, Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development for ASEAN, said in Paris on March 8.

VOV.VN - The situation on the Korean peninsula is tense, as usual, following new sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to its recent nuclear test and missile launch. 

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast city of Wonsan early on March 10, flying approximately 500 km (300 miles), the Republic of Korea's military said.

The 12th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ministerial Committee Meeting for Iskandar Malaysia (JMCIM) convened in Singapore on March 8, marking 10 years of bilateral cooperation since the committee was established. 

VOV.VN - 5 years ago an earthquake triggered a tsunami, which claimed approximately 19,000 lives in Japan. It was Japan’s worst disaster since World War 2. Reconstruction has continued in affected localities. 

Turkey and Greece vowed close cooperation on March 8 on a plan to send back migrants rejected by Europe, laying aside historic differences in an agreement they hope will end illegal flows of people across the Aegean Sea.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump rolled to big wins in Michigan and Mississippi on March 8, brushing off a week of withering attacks from the party's establishment to solidify his front-runner status as four US states voted in nominating contests.

Indonesia and Turkey have agreed to strengthen defence cooperation in accordance with the Defence Industry Cooperation Agreement in 2010. 

Thailand will host the 14th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting, scheduled from March 9-10, as a Chairman and Coordinator for the year of 2016.