(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has condemned Chinese Taiwan’s live-fire exercises in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, an action it says seriously violates Vietnam’s territorial sovereignty.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Deputy Secretary Strategy, Policy and Industry at the Australian Department of Defence, Peter Tesch, co-chaired the fourth Vietnam - Australia defence policy dialogue held via video-conference on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will visit Vietnam and co-chair the 43rd session of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee from December 4 to 6.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Public Security To Lam hosted an official welcoming ceremony on Thursday for the RoK National Police Agency led by its Commissioner General Kim Chang Yong.

(VOVWORLD) - A delegation to the second National Congress of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities led by Politburo member and permanent National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong offered incense at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Bac Son street, Hanoi and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The French government has launched a “massive and unprecedented” wave of actions to combat what it calls religious “extremism”, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that 76 mosques are suspected of “separatism”.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) launched a special website on Thursday providing information for the 13th National Party Congress in different languages.

(VOVWORLD) - The Prime Minister issued a note on Wednesday demanding that COVID-19 control measures be tightened.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam, a country severely affected by bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war, strongly supports national and international efforts to protect people’s lives and boost economic development in contaminated areas, according to Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai.

(VOVWORLD) - The ongoing economic recovery will fuel Vietnam’s growth in 2021, said Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung at a Cabinet press conference on Wednesday.