(VOVWORLD) - China's exercise of "historic rights" over the South China Sea (known in Vietnam as the East Sea) violates the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), according to an article on Czech news website novinky.cz.

(VOVWORLD) - Creating a strong development plan for 2021 is a key in boosting Dak Lak’s development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told local authorities on Monday, following a dialogue with farmers in Buon Ma Thuot city.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a letter to Vietnamese children at home and abroad, sharing their joy at the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

(VOVWORLD) - The coronavirus pandemic is expected cause the slowest growth in more than 50 years in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, while up to 38 million people are set to be pushed back into poverty, the World Bank said in an economic update on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holds a narrow lead over President Trump, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris poll, released one day before the first presidential debate.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday behind closed doors on the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where fierce fighting has raged since the weekend.

(VOVWORLD) - By Tuesday, Vietnam had gone 27 consecutive days with no new COVID-19 infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week in Tokyo, keeping his promise to cooperate with the US to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

(VOVWORLD) - British and European negotiators began their 9th round of Brexit negotiations on Tuesday, hoping to unblock some important aspects of the future relationship between the UK and the EU.

(VOVWORLD) - A collection of winning entries from 2020 Heritage Photo Contest that capture the beauty of Vietnam's landscapes and everyday life were on display in Hanoi.