(VOVWORLD) - UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said on Monday that Britain is "willing to take direct action" against Yemen Houthis that target cargo ships in the Red Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday stressed Russia’s motto of strengthening multilateralism for equitable global development and security as Russia assumed the BRICS chairmanship on January 1st.

(VOVWORLD) - 30,000 migrants crossed the English Channel from mainland Europe to Britain last year, 36% fewer than in 2022.

(VOVWORLD) - During the three-day New Year holiday, 465,000 tourists came to Khanh Hoa, including 35,500 foreigners, a fourfold increase, the Khanh Hoa Department of Tourism said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Peter Magubane, a South African photojournalist who chronicled decades of violence during the country's apartheid era died Monday aged 91, his family announced.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam aims to earn over 26 billion USD from its export of agricultural products such as fruits, rice, cashew, and timber by 2030, according to the Crop Development Strategy until 2030, vision to 2050, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang.

(VOVWORLD) - Localities in the northern mountainous border province of Lao Cai and Hekou district in China’s Yunnan province are striving to boost collaboration in economics, trade, and industrial parks moving forward, heard a working session held on Sunday in Lao Cai city.

(VOVWORLD) - At dawn on Tuesday, the damage from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that hit Japan on New Year’s Day was evident, NHK said.

(VOVWORLD) - Ha Long International Cruise Port in the northern province of Quang Ninh welcomed two super cruise ships on Sunday, with the vessels bringing nearly 4,000 European and American tourists to the UNESCO-listed Ha Long Bay world heritage site.

(VOVWORLD) - The Cambodian Government on Monday declared December 29 as “Peace Day”, an official national holiday in this country.