(VOVWORLD) - The US Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave "as soon as possible" citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands displaced and sent homicides soaring.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed to agree on the urgent and necessary renewal of Mali's sanctions regime.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 200 paintings, photos and documents about President Ho Chi Minh, his life and revolutionary career are on display at an exhibit at the HCM Museum in Thua Thien Hue province in celebration of National Day, September 2.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam strongly affirms its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos and resolutely opposes all Chinese claims in the East Sea based on the dash line, says the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Liver cancer is responsible for the highest number of deaths among cancer patients in Vietnam with the total number topping 26,000 each year.

(VOVWORLD) - The Park Hang-seo International Football Academy opened in Hanoi on Wednesday, with the goal of developing the school football model for students aged between five and 11.

(VOVWORLD) - A fire that engulfed a five-story building killed more than 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city’s emergency services said.

(VOVWORLD) - An experimental blood test that detected Parkinson’s disease in a preliminary study could become the first specific tool for diagnosing the devastating neurodegenerative condition, researchers said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea conducted a simulated “scorched-earth” nuclear strike on targets across South Korea, state media reported on Thursday, in reaction to allied exercises that it said amounted to plans for a preemptive nuclear attack by the United States.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Institute for Development Strategies, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and Konrad-Adenaeur-Stiftung Vietnam (KAS) on Thursday held a workshop on the assessment of the top 500 Vietnamese private enterprises (VPE500) in the 2021-2022 period when Vietnam’s economy was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.