(VOVworld)- The World Bank slashed its 2016 global growth forecast on Wednesday to 2.4 percent from the 2.9 percent estimated in January in the wake of slow recovery...
(VOVworld) – Brazil's top prosecutor ordered the arrests of 4 top officials including speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, Senate Speaker Renan Calheiros, former Brazilian President José...
(VOVworld)- Vietnam has renewed efforts in response to World Environment Day June 5th “Go Wild for Life”. Activities, launched on June 4th to encourage the general public to protect the endangered...
(VOVworld) – In a referendum on June 5, approximately 80% of Swiss voters rejected the idea of the state providing a life-long allowance. Opponents of the idea say such an allowance...
(VOVworld)- Extreme weather and unusual natural disasters are likely to increase this year. So, people in high-risk areas need to get prepared to minimize their losses from adverse weather...
(VOVworld)- The UN Human Rights Council announced on Wednesday that at least 700 migrants died and many more went missing in the Mediterranean over the past few days. Meanwhile, the...
(VOVworld) – The UN humanitarian agency has provided an additional 2 million US dollars to step against cholera outbreak in southern and central Somalia. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA...
(VOVworld) - More than 700 migrants trying to reach Europe are feared to have died in three shipwrecks south of Italy over the past few days, the UN refugee agency said
(VOVworld) – International visitors to Vietnam in May were estimated at more than 757,000 arrivals, up 30% against the same period last year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of...
(VOVworld) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday that the number of deaths of people trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe has fallen off significantly
(VOVworld)- Asia-Pacific officials agreed to pursue sustainable development goals at the 27th Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
(VOVworld) - From Japan, Fumito Hokamura told us about powerful earthquakes that shook the Kumamoto region last month and destroyed many houses. He said this area hadn’t recorded many earthquakes before....
(VOVworld) – Preliminary counts indicate that Rodrigo Duterte, Mayor of the southern Philippine city of Davao, has won Philippines’ presidential election
(VOVworld) – The General Statistics Office reports that Vietnam has pocketed over 14 billion USD in April, an increase of 4.5% against the same period last year. In the first 4 months of...
(VOVworld)- Vietnam received more than 6.8 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) by April 20, a year-on-year surge of 85 percent, according to the General Statistic Office ...
(VOVworld) - On Tuesday German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault visited Niger, one of the main countries of transit for African migrants trying to...
(VOVworld) – Nepal is recovering from a strong earthquake last year. Although rebuilding will take more time and more money, morale is high
(VOVworld) - The Russian Senate ratified the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on Wednesday
(VOVworld) – British households will be saddled with a tax-like financial burden if they vote to leave the EU, according to a report released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
(VOVworld) - Hanoians looking for a fast, cheap and easy way to get to Noi Bai Airport will soon be able to step on to special city buses running to...