The Indonesian Government has announced the 14th economic policy package, taking priority on e-commerce development with a roadmap to 2020.

The executive body of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted on November 11 to condemn the use of banned toxic agents by the Syrian government and by the militant group Islamic State, a source who took part in the closed session said.

Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on November 11 despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 days.

President-elect Donald Trump began laying the groundwork on November 11 to take office on Jan. 20, 2017, gathering the most loyal advisers from his insurgent campaign and three of his children to plot his transition strategy.

Nearly 60 percent out of 6 million children who died before their fifth birthday in the world last year were in 10 Asian and African countries, according to a study published in “The Lancet” medical journal on November 11. 

Demonstrators took to the streets across the country for a second day on November 10 to protest the Republican presidential election victory of real estate mogul Donald Trump, voicing fears that his triumph would strike a blow against civil rights.

VOV.VN - At the end of the trading session on November 9, the US securities market soared with financial, health care and industrial stocks rising sharply reflecting investors’ hope that President-elect Donald Trump will keep his promise of increasing investment in infrastructure. 

VOV.VN - Leaders from 200 countries around the world are gathering in the Moroccan city of Marrakech for a crucial meeting to define action plans and reiterate commitments  to fight global warming.

US President Barack Obama's foreign policy legacy rests in part on a foundation of unilateral actions that his successor Donald Trump could reverse with the stroke of a pen.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered remarks at the United Nations General Assembly in tribute to the memory of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 28 October 2016 in New York.

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has stressed the need to provide people with a better understanding about future development and the quality of growth in transition toward "Thailand 4.0” through the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy.

Democrat Ngoc Dung Stephanie Murphy has become the first Vietnamese American woman to get a seat in the US lower house, defeating her experienced Republican rival John Mica in Florida’s 7th district during the November 8 election.

VOV.VN - With 276 electoral votes against 218 votes for Hillary Clinton, Republican nominee Donald Trump has won the US Presidential election 2016 to become the 45th President of the US. 

World leaders offered to work with Donald Trump when he takes over as US president, but expressed anxiety over how he will handle problems from the Middle East to an assertive Russia and whether he will carry out a number of campaign threats.

Donald Trump's election as US president could provide fresh momentum for ending Syria's six-year-old civil war, the president of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) said on November 9.

Throngs of demonstrators held marches across the United States on November 9 to protest Republican Donald Trump's surprise victory in the US presidential election, blasting his campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.

Republican Donald Trump put aside the celebrations and focused on November 9 on his 73-day transition to the White House as rival Hillary Clinton promised to bury the bitterness of their long presidential race and work to unify a divided country.

Chief procurators and prosecutors from 10 ASEAN member states and China met at the 10th conference in Vientiane on November 9 to discuss strengthening cooperation in the fight against trans-national crimes. 

About 80% of Islamic State (IS) terror group followers, identified from 2013 to 2015, are aged 40 and below. 

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni laid a wreath and lit the victory torch inside the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh on November 9 to mark the country’s 63rd Independence Day. 

Governments from Asia to Europe reacted with stunned disbelief on November 9 to the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, while populists hailed the result as a triumph of the people over a failed political establishment.

Republican Donald Trump stunned the world on November 8 by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.

Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold of Mosul and also forced 1,500 families to retreat with them from Hammam al Alil town, the United Nations human rights organization said on November 8.

VOV.VN - The US will have its 45th president after November 8 : either the first female president in history, Hillary Clinton, or billionaire Donald Trump. 

Americans who had cast their votes for the next president early on November 8 appeared to be worried about the direction of the country, and were looking for a "strong leader who can take the country back from the rich and powerful," according to an early reading from the Reuters/Ipsos. 

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton waged a tight battle in several crucial battleground states on November 8 in their bitter race for the White House, although opinion polls showed Clinton had an edge in the closing hours of the campaign.

VOV.VN -  The first in-person votes for the US presidential elections were cast in the state of New Hampshire just after midnight on November 8 (local time).

The 51st meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information (ASEAN-COCI 51) convened in Vientiane, Laos on November 8, focusing on evaluating the results of regional cooperation in culture and information as well as seeking new partnership initiatives. 

The Philippines will maintain its defence treaty and continue joint drills with the United States, despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to end defence cooperation between the two countries. 

Gunmen from the Islamic insurgent group Abu Sayyaf on November 6 attacked a yacht in Sabahz of Malaysia, kidnapping a German man and killing his girlfriend.