World Bank deputy chief welcomed in Hanoi

World Bank deputy chief welcomed in Hanoi

(VOVworld) – The World Bank’s assistance to Vietnam, including loans and supports in institutional reform and sectoral restructuring, is significant, said Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai...
Russia not to change its foreign policy

Russia not to change its foreign policy

(VOVworld) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that pressure from outside will not force Russia to change its foreign policy which it considers to be correct
Firecracker festival in Dong Ky village

Firecracker festival in Dong Ky village

(VOV) – Tens of thousands have gathered at Dong Ky village in the northern province of Bac Ninh to celebrate their annual firecracker festival on the 4th to the 6th day...
Overseas Vietnamese welcome Tet

Overseas Vietnamese welcome Tet

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s Mission to the United Nations, WTO and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland held a banquet to welcome the Lunar New Year. Nearly 200 overseas Vietnamese studying and working...
Syrian opposition members start Moscow talks

Syrian opposition members start Moscow talks

(VOVworld) – Syrian opposition figures on Monday began four days of talks in Moscow on how to end the near four-year conflict. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov said that 25 members of the...
Libya peace talks resume in Geneva

Libya peace talks resume in Geneva

(VOVworld) - A new round of peace talks between Libya’s warring factions began in Geneva on Monday. Participants at the talks represented a number of groups, but the Islamist-backed Fajr Libya...
US East Coast braces for historic blizzard

US East Coast braces for historic blizzard

(VOVworld) - A swath of the US East Coast from Philadelphia to New York City to Maine was bracing for a potentially historic blizzard on Monday. On Sunday the National Weather Service ...
US, DPRK hold informal talks in Singapore

US, DPRK hold informal talks in Singapore

(VOVworld) - The US and North Korean representatives praised last weekend’s informal talks in Singapore covering Pyongyang's nuclear program, among other issues. Speaking to the press after the meeting with...
45 Christian churches in Niger burnt

45 Christian churches in Niger burnt

(VOVworld) - Forty-five Christian churches were torched over the weekend in Niger’s capital during deadly protests over the publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon by the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police...