(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam considers promoting gender equality and increasing women’s contributions to peace building important policy priorities both at home and in the international arena, particularly at multilateral forums as the UN and ASEAN.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution drafted by Vietnam to declare December 27 International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN held an online meeting on Monday to review activities of ASEAN in New York this year, and handed over its chairmanship to Brunei.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN children's agency on Monday appealed for 2.5 billion USD in funding to provide life-saving aid for 39 million hungry children in the Middle East and North Africa impacted by war and the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Post-Brexit trade talks between the EU and the UK are still deadlocked, EU officials said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - An exhibition entitled “Yuendumu Doors” is scheduled to open at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on December 8, showcasing Australia’s important cultural and art collections.

(VOVWORLD) - The 2020 Italian Cuisine Week opened in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi’s first metro begins a 20-day test run this Saturday for safety evaluation, the final requirement for the start of commercial operations.

(VOVWORLD) - Amee, Binz, and Quang Dang were respectively named Best New Asian Artist, Best Asian Artist, and Best Choreographer of the Year at 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards.

(VOVWORLD) - Twelve Vietnamese universities have placed in the world’s top 3,000 in the University Ranking by Academic Performance by Turkish non-profit organisation URAP.