(VOVWORLD) - A night sight-seeing double-decker bus tour was launched in HCM city on Thursday, raising the time of double-decker bus services in Vietnam’s latest metropolis to 24 hours.

(VOVWORLD) - Nationals of foreign countries will soon be able to obtain a single EU work and residence permit without having to deal with extended rules.

(VOVWORLD) - A new reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex appears to be operating for the first time, the UN nuclear watchdog and independent experts said on Thursday, which would mean an additional potential source of plutonium for nuclear weapons.

(VOVWORLD) - The top US military officer held a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, the Pentagon said, in the first such conversation in over a year amid hopes by US officials that it could lead to a broader restoration of ties between the two militaries.

(VOVWORLD) - Cultural industries are an important part of the national economy, and the State provides favorable conditions for attracting resources to these industries, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday, citing Vietnam’s strategy to develop its cultural industries until 2020 with a vision to 2030.

(VOVWORLD) -A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Faculty of Philosophy building at Charles University in Prague, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam enjoyed outstanding export growth in the region this year, according to Oxford Economics.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has stressed the need to create momentum and capitalize on advantages to develop the northern midlands and mountains.

(VOVWORLD) - The elevation of Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership in late 2022 opened up a new period for more practical, effective, and comprehensive development, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai told his Korean counterpart Choo Kyung-ho during a phone call on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassadors and heads of diplomatic offices need to build a professional, comprehensive, modern diplomacy that enhances Vietnam's prestige and position in the international arena, said National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue during a working session in Hanoi on Thursday with a delegation of Vietnam’s diplomatic agencies abroad as part of the 32nd Diplomatic Conference.