(VOVWORLD) - The Reading Culture Ambassador and virtual book introduction contest 2022 was launched on Friday at the December 19 book street in Hanoi as part of the Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day this year.

(VOVWORLD) - President of Voice of Vietnam Do Tien Sy had a working session with Saigon Newport Corporation on Friday as part of his visit to Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan strongly backs the adherence to the Permanent Court of Arbitration's (PCA) 2016 ruling on the South China Sea (known in Vietnam as the East Sea).

(VOVWORLD) - The 16th Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo (ITE HCMC 2022) will take place from September 8 to 10 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, tourism officials said.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization this week released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out three possible scenarios for how the pandemic will evolve this year.

(VOVWORLD) - The Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang city is recruiting more volunteers for trials of a nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he has signed a decree requiring foreign buyers to pay in rubles for Russian gas beginning Friday, and contracts will be halted if the payments are not made.

(VOVWORLD) - 41 countries pledged more than 2.4 billion USD toward the UN's 4.4 billion USD appeal for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the UN said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s health authorities have approved the emergency use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children from 6 to under 12 years old.

(VOVWORLD) - Bruce Willis, the star of the "Die Hard" franchise and dozens of other action movies, will retire from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, a disease that has hampered his "cognitive abilities," his family said on Wednesday.