(VOVWORLD) - Japan will begin releasing a second volume of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant from next Thursday, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Mid-Autumn Festival in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, has been recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

(VOVWORLD) - The Philippines and the European Union (EU) emphasized their commitment to freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and called on countries to refrain from using force that fuels uncertainty in the region.

(VOVWORLD) - Thousands of colorful giant lanterns have lit up the Hue Imperial Citadel in central Vietnam to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival 2023.

(VOVWORLD) - The Green Economy Forum 2023, hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) is scheduled for early November in Hanoi to accelerate the dialogue on green growth in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The number of tourists to Hanoi hit nearly 19 million in the past nine months, up 36.5% year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

(VOVWORLD) - At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed following an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country's southwest on Thursday morning, the West African nation's defence ministry said in a statement.

(VOVWORLD) - Spanish soccer club Barcelona are under investigation for suspected "active bribery" as part of a probe into suspected corruption spanning two decades at the refereeing committee, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is speeding up negotiations with Hungary in a bid to sign an agreement on sending and receiving Vietnamese labourers in the European country – an emerging market drawing great interest from labourers.

(VOVWORLD) - Sweden's prime minister summoned the head of the armed forces and the police commissioner in a bid to stem gang violence, he said on Thursday, following a wave of violence that has taken at least 11 lives in September alone.