UN approves treaty to ban nuclear weapons

UN approves treaty to ban nuclear weapons

(VOVWORLD) -The UN approved the first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons Friday. The treaty requires of all ratifying countries "never under any circumstances to develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire...
Rising tensions on Korean peninsula

Rising tensions on Korean peninsula

(VOVworld) – North Korea’s missile exploded on Sunday, on the 105th birth anniversary of founder Kim Il-sung amid fierce exchanges of bitter words between Pyongyang and Washington. Many people...
IAEA: Iran is complying with nuclear deal

IAEA: Iran is complying with nuclear deal

(VOVworld) – Iran is not pursuing construction of its existing heavy water research reactor and has not enriched uranium above an agreed 3.67%, the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA...
H’re customs and belief

H’re customs and belief

(VOVworld) – The H’re grow wet rice and other crops on terraced fields. Their religious practices are associated with rice. The H’re believe all things are administered by genies and they pray...
Iran committed to nuclear deal

Iran committed to nuclear deal

(VOVworld) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday said Iran has abided by the nuclear deal signed with P5+1. The IAEA acknowledged Iran’s goodwill in implementing the deal...
Iran denies any breach of nuclear accord

Iran denies any breach of nuclear accord

(VOVworld) - Iran denied on Friday that it had in any way breached its nuclear deal with world powers, insisting it was meeting its commitment to cap its stocks of controlled materials....
Russia suspends nuclear agreement with the US

Russia suspends nuclear agreement with the US

(VOVworld) - The Russian government announced on Wednesday that it will suspend its 2013 nuclear and energy-related research agreement with the US, as a counter-measure to US sanctions imposed...
Dealing with AO/dioxin effects in Vietnam

Dealing with AO/dioxin effects in Vietnam

(VOVworld) – The American army’s chemical warfare in Vietnam severely damaged Vietnam’s ecology. 4.8 million Vietnamese have been exposed Agent Orange/ Dioxin of whom 3 million are directly affected by...
Obama calls for world free of nuclear weapons

Obama calls for world free of nuclear weapons

(VOVworld) - US President Barack Obama has called for a world without nuclear weapons during a historic visit to Hiroshima, Japan, where the United States dropped the first atomic bomb nearly...
Localities stockpiling goods for Tet

Localities stockpiling goods for Tet

(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked localities nationwide to prepare enough essential goods for the upcoming Tet lunar new year holiday. Many provinces and cities have been stockpiling...