(VOVWORLD) - Rice prices in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region last week reached a record high in the last 10 years after India banned the export of non-basmati white rice.

(VOVWORLD) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday that Moscow would have to use a nuclear weapon if Kyiv's ongoing counter-offensive was a success.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday urged Sweden to take concrete steps to prevent burnings of the Koran, a Turkish foreign ministry source said.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam earned 2.9 billion USD from the export of agriculture, fishery and forestry products to ASEAN over the past 7 months, up 14% from the same period last year, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(VOVWORLD) - The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will host a series of events in the coming months to lure more foreign visitors.

(VOVWORLD) - Alibaba.com, the global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform of Alibaba Group, plans to double its investment in emerging manufacturing hubs across Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - All the eight secondary Vietnamese students taking part in the World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO) have bagged gold medals. They came from Hanoi’s Giang Vo High School.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia did not reject talks on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday at a press conference after meeting African leaders in St. Petersburg.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union on Saturday announced that all security cooperation actions and financial support to Niger are suspended indefinitely with immediate effect after military leaders this week overthrew the democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday urged Denmark to take urgent action to prevent the burnings of the Quran.