At least 18 people died Tuesday after a flyover collapsed in northern India, crushing vehicles and passengers under tonnes of concrete, a rescue official said.

Việt Nam keeps a close watch on and is concerned about the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip over past days, leaving many Palestinians dead and injured, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) opened its fifth session yesterday in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam will send more officers, especially women, to participate in the UN peacekeeping operations, said Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) will focus its efforts on reforms, striving towards a “contingency of officials with competence, virtue, and reputation befitting their duties.”