Algeria: 37 foreigners died in the kidnapping

Algeria: 37 foreigners died in the kidnapping

Algeria Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has said 37 foreigners of eight nationalities and one Algerian worker were killed during the hostage crisis at a gas plant In Amenas, south of...
EU passes aid for Spanish banks

EU passes aid for Spanish banks

European Union competition regulators have signed off on 1.8 billion euros in recapitalization aid for four Spanish savings banks, opening the door for the next slice of bailout money...
Vietnam participates in Cambodia exhibition

Vietnam participates in Cambodia exhibition

(VOV) - The 7th Cambodia Import-Export & One province One Product Exhibition opened in Phnom Penh on Saturday, attracting 200 businesses from 20 countries including 37 from Vietnam
2nd Hanoi International Film Festival wraps up

2nd Hanoi International Film Festival wraps up

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s feature film “Thien Menh Anh Hung” (Blood Letter), directed by Victor Vu, has won the jury special prize at the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) which...
VCL France Business Club meets in Paris

VCL France Business Club meets in Paris

(VNA) - The Viet Nam-Cambodia-Laos-France (VCL-France) Business Club held its tenth meeting in Paris with the participation of nearly 100 entrepreneurs. Participants exchanged opinions about regional and...
US Presidential Election- still undecided

US Presidential Election- still undecided

(VOVworld)- President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney met again in their second televised debate on Wednesday. The debate took place two weeks after the first one and focused on internal...
Vietnam promotes ASEAN-China trade cooperation

Vietnam promotes ASEAN-China trade cooperation

(VOVworld)-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has left for China to attend the ASEAN - China Expo and the ninth ASEAN – China Business and Investment Summit in Nanning, China from September 20-21. The...
Syria: Battles continue to rage in Damascus

Syria: Battles continue to rage in Damascus

(VOV) Fierce battles continue to rage in the south of Damascus, leaving 37 dead on Wednesday alone. Syria’s news agency SANA, quoted official sources, as saying that the government army...
Two earthquakes in Iran kill 250

Two earthquakes in Iran kill 250

(VOVworld)- Two powerful earthquakes killed 250 people and injured around 1,800 in northwest Iran, where rescue workers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages throughout the night and...
Libyan electoral commission ratifies election results

Libyan electoral commission ratifies election results

Libya’s High National Electoral Commissions (HNEC) Chairman, Nuri Alabar, said on Wednesday that the Commission has ratified the final result of last month’s parliamentary elections, after the alliance led by former...
May 30, 2012

May 30, 2012

Our regular listener Gerry Neuman of Hampshire, England, emailed us Sunday with detailed reports of our May 19th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, and 27th broadcasts. He said: “Dear friends, this will be my last report...
Buddhist monk stays on Truong Sa Islands

Buddhist monk stays on Truong Sa Islands

(VOVworld) – Venerable Thich Giac Nghia is one of the first six Buddhist monks in Khanh Hoa who volunteered to relocate to the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands to manage temples there. He...