(VOVworld)- Kyodo news agency on Sunday quoted the official Korean Central News Agency as saying that Pyongyang is considering postponing a planned long-range rocket launch originally set for between December...
(VOVworld) – There has been little indication of any future for the Kyoto Protocol at the ongoing UN conference on climate change in Qatar. The Kyoto Protocol, currently the only international agreement to reduce greenhouse...
With 138 yes votes, 9 no votes and 41 abstentions, the UN General Assembly upgraded Palestine’s status to an observer non-member state
(VOVworld) – Sovereignty disputes in the East Sea could turn violent but China and ASEAN members feel “a sense of urgency” to ease the tension, ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan told...
Here’s an email from Juan Carlos Gil Mongio of Spain. He said he was very happy because he received our answer to his recent letter and he can...
On the occasion of United Nation’s Day October 24, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon will call on 193 countries to share, cooperate and strive toward the UN Millennium Development Goals...
(VOVworld) - Japan's Vice Foreign Affairs Minister, Shuji Kira, has hinted that his country will delay taking the issue of the Dokdo islands to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Police in southern China have arrested a man suspected of threatening to blow up a commercial jet, following a similar incident affecting a flight from Beijing. Police arrested Xiong Yi, 29, in Dongguan city...
The UN Security Council on Friday called on Sudan and South Sudan to finalize and implement their agreement on oil and financial arrangement in order to produce and transport oil as soon as possible....
(VOVworld) – Although half a year has gone since American forces lowered its flag in Baghdad last December marking 9 years of its operations in Iraq, the country’s security remains a big...
Starting this week’s Letter Box on Radio the Voice of Vietnam, we welcome Marcos Cox Aguilera from Vicuna, Chile. Marcos who tuned into the English program for the first...
(VOVworld) - The horrific massacre in Syria’s central town of Houla last week which killed more than 100 people is making UN efforts to stop the violence appear futile. This is the...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. The Iraq’s highest-ranking Sunni official is accused of being involved in...