Cobra Gold, an annual Thai-US co-sponsored joint and multinational military exercise, was kicked off at the Royal Thai Marine Corps in Sattahip district of Chonburi province, Thailand on February 9.

Indonesia will host the 30th conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) in 2017, according to the spokesperson of the state port operator Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III, Edi Prayitno.

A Myanmar airforce small propeller plane crashed shortly after take off from the capital Nay Pyi Daw on February 10, killing at least four servicemen on board.

An Indonesian court on February 9 sentenced seven men to between three and five years in jail for supporting the Islamic State (IS), as the Southeast Asian country is conducting a national operation against IS supporters.

President Francois Hollande's plan to strip French citizenship from people convicted of terrorism passed a first hurdle on February 9 when the lower house of parliament backed controversial proposals introduced after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris last November.

Damascus aims to secure Syria's border with Turkey and recapture the city of Aleppo with its latest military offensive, a top adviser to President Bashar al-Assad said on February 9.

The UN Security Council will discuss the alarming humanitarian situation in Syria and the recent displacement of tens of thousands of people fleeing a Russian-backed assault around Aleppo, New Zealand's UN envoy said on February 9.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished Vietnamese people a Lunar New Year full of happiness, peace and good heath.

VOV.VN - The Syrian army has made new progress in the northern provinces of Latakia and Aleppo, getting closer to the Turkish borders, Lybia’s al-Mayadeen TV reported on February 8.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has accepted the resignation of foreign minister Albert del Rosario.

Landslides and floods in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, on February 8 have left five people dead, two people missing and forced over 4,000 others to flee their homes. 

The US plans to spend US$66 million for the construction of military camps in the Philippines under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), announced US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg on February 5.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande stressed on February 7 the migrant crisis, which brought more than a million people to the European Union last year, needs an EU-level solution.

Aid trucks and ambulances entered Syria from Turkey on February 7 to help tens of thousands of people who have fled an escalating government assault on Aleppo, as air strikes targeted villages on the road linking the city to the Turkish border.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear bomb test.

VOV.VN - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon denounced the Democratic People's Republic of  Korea’s satellite launch, calling it “provocative actions”.

VOV.VN -Eighteen people have been reported dead in the 6.7- magnitude earthquake in southern Taiwan on February 6 while hundreds of others are injured.

Cambodian police arrested 23 Republic of Korean nationals on February 5 on suspicion of running a telecom scam. 

VOV.VN - US President Barack Obama and President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-Hye discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula in separate phone conversations with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 6.

A powerful earthquake toppled a 17-story apartment building in southern Taiwan on Saturday, killing at least two people, including a 10-day-old girl, and triggering frantic efforts to rescue dozens of people feared trapped inside.

Hungary on February 5 expressed its strong interest to forge closer ties with the Southeast Asian region and said it recognised the immense potential of the ASEAN Community.

Representatives from ASEAN and the European Union (EU) reiterated their commitment to further strengthening the existing close trade and investment relations between the regions during the 23rd Meeting of the ASEAN-EU Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC). 

Russia said on February 4 it suspected Turkey was preparing a military incursion into Syria, as a Syrian army source said Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces with Russian air support.

Myanmar’s new Parliament elected Mann Win Khaing Than as Speaker of the House of Nationalities (upper house) and Aye Tha Aung as Deputy Speaker on February 3. 

VOV.VN -  The Syrian peace talks are intended to stop bloodshed in Syria. But regional tensions have threatened the talks and challenged the process.

The World Health Organization voiced concern on February 3 over the reported sexual transmission of the Zika virus in Texas amid worries that such infections could make battling it even tougher. There is no vaccine or treatment for Zika.

A United Nations envoy halted his attempts to conduct Syrian peace talks on February 3 after the army, backed by Russian air strikes, advanced against rebel forces north of Aleppo, choking opposition supply lines from Turkey to the city.

President Barack Obama wants to boost US aid to Colombia to help remove landmines and implement the government's peace accord with a leftist rebel group, the White House said on February 2.

VOV.VN - Cuban President Raul Castro is on a 2-day official state visit to France, the first by a Cuban head of state since 1995.

European Council President Donald Tusk set out a plan on February 2 for keeping Britain in the European Union to a mixed reception which underlined the challenges Prime Minister David Cameron faces convincing Britons they should stay in the bloc.