Medical evacuation plane missing off Senegal

Medical evacuation plane missing off Senegal

(VOVworld) - A medical evacuation plane with seven people on board, including a French patient, disappeared off the coast of Senegal on Saturday night during a flight from Burkina Faso to Dakar...
AU tries former dictator of Chad Republic

AU tries former dictator of Chad Republic

(VOVworld) - Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre was tried on Monday in Dakar, Senegal, by a special court established by the African Union on charges of crimes against humanity
Muslims protest Charlie Hebdo magazine

Muslims protest Charlie Hebdo magazine

(VOVworld) – Thousands of Muslims took to the streets on Friday to protest satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s recent caricature of Prophet Mohammed. Demonstrations were held in the Pakistani cities of Karachi...
East Sea dispute highlighted at OIF Summit

East Sea dispute highlighted at OIF Summit

(VOVworld) – The 15th Summit of the International Organisation of Francophonie (OIF) concluded in Dakar, Senegal, on Sunday, with the adoption of the Dakar Declaration
WHO: Ebola deaths exceed 5000

WHO: Ebola deaths exceed 5000

(VOVworld) – The world has recorded 14,098 cases of Ebola virus infections with deaths surpassing 5000 by Sunday, the World Health Organization reported on Wednesday
A long way to go to stop the Ebola epidemic

A long way to go to stop the Ebola epidemic

(VOVworld) – There is new hope in the fight against Ebola. Several West African countries have been declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the first batches of experimental vaccines...
Ebola deaths reach 4500

Ebola deaths reach 4500

(VOVworld) – Approximately 4,500 people have died from the world's worst Ebola outbreak on record, and the situation in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone is deteriorating, the World Health...
Vietnam steps up Ebola response

Vietnam steps up Ebola response

(VOVworld) – The Emergency Operation Centre of the Vietnamese Health Ministry held an emergency meeting this week to review Ebola preventative measures in Vietnam with experts from the World Health Organisation, the US Centre...
Preventing Ebola: not an easy task

Preventing Ebola: not an easy task

(VOVworld) - Since the first Ebola case was identified in Guinea in March, the epidemic has killed over 4,000 people in several countries. The rapid spread of the epidemic, for which there is...
Vietnam marks the International Francophone Day

Vietnam marks the International Francophone Day

(VOVworld) - Vietnam shares International Francophone’s noble value and objectives of peace, democracy and cultural diversity for cooperation and development. President Nguyen Thi Doan was speaking at a ceremony to mark International...
16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit opens

16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit opens

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is attending the two-day 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which opened in Tehran, Iran on Thursday. Themed “Lasting Peace through Joint...