(VOVWORLD) - Five new countries — India, Mexico, Norway, Ireland and Kenya — formally joined the UN Security Council on Monday at a time tasked with keeping world peace and security.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan is set to impose a new state of emergency in Tokyo and its three neighboring prefectures.

(VOVWORLD) - Oil prices slipped from multi-month highs on Monday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies, known as OPEC+, could not decide on whether or not to increase output in February.

(VOVWORLD) - The northern province of Ninh Binh hopes to receive seven million visitors this year as it hosts Vietnam’s National Tourism Year.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese government recently issued a resolution which includes a GDP growth target of 6.5 percent with GDP per capita of about 3,700 USD this year.

(VOVWORLD) - 43 entries received Press Awards marking the 75th anniversary of the National Assembly at a ceremony in Hanoi on Monday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - A British judge on Monday rejected a US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face 18 charges of revealing classified US government documents on WikiLeaks.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attacks Saturday by unidentified gunmen on two villages in western Niger, close to the border with Mali.

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister has issued the National Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution by 2030, whose main objective is to take full advantage of opportunities presented by IR 4.0.

(VOVWORLD) - The northern region is forecast to endure a period of significant cold weather, with temperatures plunging to as low as 12 degrees Celsius from the evening of Wednesday.