(VOVWORLD) - World-renowned concert pianist Dang Thai Son has been invited to be a judge at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 2020 in Poland. Son was the winner at the 10th edition of the event in 1980.

(VOVWORLD) - Numerous cultural and arts activities are taking place at the Vietnam National Villages For Ethnic Culture And Tourism in Hanoi from January 1-31, helping visitors more understand traditional cultural features and celebrations of the new year of ethnic groups.

(VOVWORLD) - After a US drone strike killed the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Soleimani at Baghdad’s airport on Friday, reactions have been pouring in from around the world.

(VOVWORLD) - The atmosphere of a traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) has been nudged closer to both Vietnamese and foreigners at the Tet Festival, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Politburo member and Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong received a delegation of Hungary’s ruling party, Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance, led by its Vice President Katalin Novak in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on Saturday co-chaired the 42nd meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - Tensions in the Middle East has been escalating following the US’s declaration of additional troops deployed to the region after hundreds protesters stormed its embassy compound in Iraq on Tuesday. An Iranian Quds Force commander, who was accused by the US of masterminding the Baghdad embassy attack, was killed in a US airstrike on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Fox Sports Asia carried an article on Thursday about the intrigue of the AFC U23 Championship which will start next week in Bangkok. Author Gabriel Tan asked participating football teams to brace themselves for matches with Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Trung Nguyen E-Coffee is targeting to have 3,000 stores across 63 cities and provinces nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - Hoa Phat Steel Company of the Hoa Phat Group and some other Vietnamese steel companies can export steel products to the US under origin tracing procedures and be excluded from anti-dumping tariff.