(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism on the outskirts of Hanoi is hosting activities to welcome the Lunar New Year. Highlights are the Aza Festival of the Ta Oi ethnic minority of ThuaThien-Hue province and the Fire Jump Festival of the Dao minority of Thai Nguyen province.

(VOVWORLD) - The political and economic crisis in Venezuela is getting worse. Social division has deepened between President Nicolas Maduro, backed by Venezuela’s military, and self-declared President Juan Guaido, who is Speaker of Parliament and leader of the opposition. The world community has been taking sides.

(VOVWORLD) - Overseas Vietnamese, wherever they are, are an indispensable part of Vietnam. They constitute a major resource for national development, said leaders of the Vietnamese Party and State in meetings with overseas Vietnamese in recent days.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has shown the world its strenuous efforts to protect and promote the universal values, including human rights. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung delivered Vietnam’s national report at a dialogue session under the third-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, this week.

(VOVWORLD) - The annual conference World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos, Switzerland, this week. Themed “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution”, this year’s Davos gathering is not attended by key leaders.

(VOVWORLD) - The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat on Thursday and Friday in Chiang Mai, Thailand, drew Foreign Ministers of 10 member countries and the ASEAN Secretary-General. High on the agenda was the bloc’s cooperation to build an ASEAN Community, enhance economic connectivity, expand external relations, and maintain security in the East Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Tet, Vietnam’s Lunar New Year holiday, will arrive in a couple of weeks. Trade centers have become crowded with people shopping. Vietnamese products are abundant in the market, covering a range of styles, quality, and prices.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a Vietnamese high-level delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, from Tuesday until Friday, at the invitation of WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Prof. Klaus Schwab. This is an important political and diplomatic event to help Vietnam raise its international status.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc last week stressed the importance of promoting science and technology as a strategic breakthrough to boost Vietnam’s growth. Speaking at a meeting to prepare for the 2012 National Party Congress, the Prime Minister said the Party and State consider science and technology application and promotion important for national socio-economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - The just-concluded Vietnam Economic Forum (VEF) 2019 was viewed as an appeal for solutions to Vietnam’s fast and sustainable development. At the event on Wednesday and Thursday organized by the Vietnamese government and the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc renewed commitments to economic reform, fostering trust in national advancement.