(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s outbound investments reached more than 115 million USD in the first two months of this year, doubling the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOVWORLD) - The UK and Germany will conduct joint air policing missions in Estonia for the first time.

(VOVWORLD) -After years of negotiations, UN members finally approved a treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday. This long-awaited treaty is expected by environmental groups to reverse the loss of marine biodiversity and ensure sustainable development.

(VOVWORLD) -Lao National Airlines (Lao Airlines) will resume flights from the capital Vientiane of Laos to Da Nang city of Vietnam on March 30 with two flights per week on Thursdays and Saturdays.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 1,000 women in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district joined an ao dai (traditional long dress) parade on Sunday in response to International Women's Day (March 8) and Ao Dai Week.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh city has great potential to become a UNESCO “World Book Capital” thanks to a number of venues and events promoting reading, according to local officials.

(VOVWORLD) - US veteran Peter Mathews on Sunday handed over the diary of a Vietnamese martyr that he has kept for the past 56 years to his family in the central province of Ha Tinh.

(VOVWORLD) - Silver Muse, a Bahamas-flagged cruise ship carrying 333 foreign passengers, arrived in the resort city of Nha Trang in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha proposed that Vietnam and the Philippines promote bilateral and multilateral cooperation such as building a research center on renewable energy or a disaster warning centre in Vietnam or the Philippines.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is among the top six best Asian destinations for a family holiday in a list made by the New Zealand Herald.