(VOVWORLD) - Localities in Vietnam's south central coast are bracing against powerful Storm Nakri, the sixth typhoon from the East Sea this year, which is forecast to gain further strength while heading towards the region over the next few days.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi authorities have asked all local organizations and agencies to refrain from using plastic bags and single-use plastics starting from this month.

(VOVWORLD) - Given its increasingly active role in ASEAN, Vietnam will have to address the full range of regional issues and this will be a great challenge as Vietnam officially takes over ASEAN’s chairmanship in 2020, said an article on The Diplomat.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always treasures the comprehensive partnership with the US and hopes to lift bilateral relations to a new level, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a reception for US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and a US business delegation in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -Billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signalled he will join the race to secure the Democratic Party's nomination for the US presidency.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Public Security on Friday officially announced the identities of the the 39 Vietnamese victims found dead in a container truck in the UK last month. Vietnamese authorities have contacted the victims’ families to provide them with related information.

(VOVWORLD) -An opportunity for normalizing relations with the US is increasingly narrowed, said Jo Chol-su, director-general of the North American Department at the North's Foreign Ministry.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam national team coach Park Hang-seo and midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai won top honors in the AFF Awards 2019 in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Future cooperation between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea will depend largely on the vision, dynamism, and creativity of the two countries’ business communities.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Minister Truong Hoa Binh and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chaired a meeting on Friday with related agencies to discuss appropriate measures for citizen protection and the repatriation of bodies of 39 UK lorry deaths.