(VOVWORLD) - The eighth Hue Traditional Craft Festival themed "The quintessence of Vietnamese Crafts" closed in Hue City on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Twitter on Wednesday that a failed coup attempt by opposition leader Juan Guaido, with foreign supports was clearly not the right way to bring peace to Venezuela.

(VOVWORLD) - Crowds of people around the world on Wednesday marked International Labor Day on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam condemns any violent act targeting civilians and shares concerns about the excessive use of violence, Israel’s expansion of settlements, and rocket firing from Gaza to civilian areas, said Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN Pham Hai Anh.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan's new Emperor Naruhito on Wednesday formally ascended the throne, a day after his father Akihito's abdication, and began a new imperial era called Reiwa, which means good harmony.

(VOVWORLD) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that a coup launched by opposition leader Juan Guaido is the proof that there are far-right groups which try to raise violence for the sake of foreign forces.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Women Association in South Africa on Tuesday handed an emergency aid, including 2 tons of food, clothes, and school supplies, to representative of the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria to help Zimbabwean people after the Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in March.

(VOVWORLD) -People in Ho Chi Minh Minh City enjoyed cultural performances and a fireworks display on Tuesday night on Reunification Day April 30th, a national holiday that marks the liberation of southern Vietnam and the end of the American Resistance War in 1975.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Private Economic Forum scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Hanoi, aims to review the implementation of a resolution on making the private sector an important part of the socialist-oriented market economy in Vietnam over the past two years. Private firms will have a chance to voice their opinions and proposals to Party and Government officials.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will meet with hi-tech workers of 16 sectors in Ho Chi Minh City this Sunday, according to Bui Van Cuong, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.