(VOVWORLD) - Ghana's government is working on a new policy to buy oil products with gold rather than US dollar reserves, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia said on Facebook on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Viewers from countries not participating in the Eurovision Song Contest will be able to cast a vote for their favourite act next year for the first time in the competition's history, the organiser said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will be unable to end AIDS without the involvement of young people. This is the message delivered at a meeting in Bac Ninh province on Saturday to mark World AIDS Day (December 1) and in response to Vietnam’s Action Month against HIV/AIDS.

(VOVWORLD) - “New mindset, new breakthroughs, and new values” are needed to make the southeastern region a leading economic and financial hub in Vietnam, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a conference in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health said that Vietnam on Friday reported 574 new cases of COVID-19, a slight increase compared to Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has applauded the Vietnamese and ASEAN economists who he said have pioneered interacting and supporting each other and made essential contributions to the development of the ASEAN.

(VOVWORLD) -Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he would make every effort to balance all interests and pledged not to receive a salary and make all his assets public.

(VOVWORLD) -The first lot of 5,400 Tan Lac red-flesh grapefruits from the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh was exported to the United Kingdom on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Philippines and Vietnam are expected to grow fastest among Southeast Asian economies next year even as the bloc’s expansion slows down, according to Moody’s Analytics.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi Peace Conference, held on the occasion of the 22nd Congress of the World Peace Council, took place on Friday in Hanoi.