(VOVworld) – For the 1st time in 17 years, the US government has partially shut down after the two houses of Congress failed to agree on a new budget
Since we launched the new feature “Colorful Vietnam, Vietnam’s 54 ethic groups”, we received a lot of positive feedback from listeners. Jorg-Clemens Hoffmann of Germany wrote in his reception report for the...
(Xinhua) - Australia and China have reached a new agreement to allow the Australian and Chinese currencies to trade directly
(VOVworld) – The fifth summit of the emerging economies, BRICS, opened in South Africa’s port city of Durban on Tuesday. Over the past two years, BRICS members - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff unveiled a multi-billion-U.S.-dollar naval plant Friday in southeast Rio de Janeiro state, where the country plans to build its first nuclear submarine with...
(VOVworld) – Next Tuesday, negotiations on Iran’s nuclear development will take place in Kazakhstan between Tehran and the P5+1 group of world powers. A week prior to the event, statements issued...
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Greek media launched rolling 24-hour anti-austerity strikes on Wednesday, as the government was due to present a new budget draft for next year and face a key vote...
(Tuoitrenews) - Vietnamese-American photographer An My Le has just won a half a million dollar MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a “Genius Grant”, one of most valuable awards honoring creative...
(VOV) - Following the State Bank of Vietnam’s instruction, commercial banks in Dong Nai province, since the middle of last month, have lowered interest rates on existing loans to a maximum of 15...
Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Fu Ying said Sunday that China is ready to promote maritime connectivity with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Fu said China will use the 473 million...
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a piece of legislation that gives Israel 70 million dollars for its "Iron Dome" rocket defense system, one day before his Republican...
World leaders struggled Monday to inject confidence for the global economy into the G20 summit in Mexico dominated by a spiraling European debt crisis that is troubling markets and paralyzing...
(VOVworld) - Japan and China today begin direct bilateral trade of the yen and yuan. This not only simplifies trade and financial transactions between the countries but also has considerable impact on their political...
(VOVworld)-Greek media on Friday reported that the government has submitted a plan of extra budget savings of 325 million euros to the international "troika" of creditors - the European Commission,...
(VOVworld) The Vietnamese economy recorded positive signs in January, including a low CPI and stable prices of basic necessities
Standard and Poor’s downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro-zone countries last week, making big news on a Black Friday the 13th. The rating downgrade hammers the...