Colombia: Bombing at mall kills 3 people

Colombia: Bombing at mall kills 3 people

(VOVWORLD) - Three women have been killed and 11 other people hurt in an explosion at Bogota’s Centro Andino shopping mall on Sunday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has confirmed
Planting trees to protect the environment

Planting trees to protect the environment

(VOVWORLD) - With the theme “Connecting to nature”, World Environment Day 2017 aims to encourage people to live closer to and protect nature. Planting trees is one of practical activities to...
APEC grasps new trends, heads to sustainable development

APEC grasps new trends, heads to sustainable development

(VOVWORLD) - The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) convenes its second Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings in Hanoi on Tuesday. The second major session during the APEC Year 2017 includes meetings...
UNESCO praises Vietnam's contributions

UNESCO praises Vietnam's contributions

(VOVworld) - Vietnam is a role model in implementing UNESCO programs and activities, said UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova at a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung on...
APEC SOM1 wraps up

APEC SOM1 wraps up

(VOVworld) - The first APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM1) and related meetings on Friday convened the last of 60 meetings of APEC committees and working groups in Nha Trang City, Khanh...
Vietnam proposes 4 priorities for APEC Year 2017

Vietnam proposes 4 priorities for APEC Year 2017

(VOVworld) - The first APEC Senior Officials Meeting and related sessions continued in Nha Trang city, south central province of Khanh Hoa, on Wednesday. The Vietnamese delegation has proposed four priorities...
VOV celebrates World Radio Day

VOV celebrates World Radio Day

(VOVworld)-Voice of Vietnam (VOV) President Nguyen The Ky has affirmed that radio has always been a convenient, engaging, popular and diverse media platform
World Radio Day 2017- Radio is you

World Radio Day 2017- Radio is you

(VOVworld)- Under the theme “Radio is you”, this year’s World Radio Day, which falls annually on February 13, focuses interaction with listeners. Listener-centered radio stations intend to listen...
UNESCO condemns ISIS destruction in Syria's Palmyra

UNESCO condemns ISIS destruction in Syria's Palmyra

(VOVworld) - Syrian state television reported Friday that militants of the Islamic State terrorist group destroyed the facade of the Roman Theater, and the Tetrapylon architecture complex in Palmyra, which is considered a “new...
Colombia: FARC registers as a political party

Colombia: FARC registers as a political party

(VOVworld) – Colombia’s daily newspaper The Public reported Thursday that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has officially registered as a political party, following the Constitutional Court’s...
Difficult languages to learn

Difficult languages to learn

(VOVworld) – A new study by the Oslo University reveals that Piraha, the language of a tribe in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is the most difficult language to learn in the world. Linguists also list other...