(VOVWORLD) - A documentary titled “Vietnam: Connecting East Africa” will be broadcast on the Discovery East Africa channel next Thursday for the first time, and on the Discovery Southeast Asia three days later.

(VOVWORLD) - Ahead of Christmas, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on Thursday visited the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) and its Chairman, Priest Tran Xuan Manh.

(VOVWORLD) - Two-way trade between the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam increased 7 percent in the first 11 months of this year, the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy said Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Assistant Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Venediktov said on Wednesday that Russia-China cooperation is “at an unprecedented high level”.

(VOVWORLD) - A book collection about the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam was published in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday to celebrate the Front’s 58th anniversary (December 20). It features the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The first flight on the new Doha-Da Nang route by Qatar Airways landed at Da Nang on Wednesday, carrying 190 tourists.

(VOVWORLD) - A tourism promotion event in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap began Wednesday using the motto “Dong Thap, as pure as the lotus soul”.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Financial Supervisory Commission held a workshop on Thursday that presented an overview of Vietnam’s financial market this year.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU said Wednesday it has started to implement its plans to limit financial and transport disruptions if the UK leaves the EU without a deal within the next 100 days.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU and the European Parliament on Wednesday agreed on details of a ban on single-use plastics, including plates, cutlery, and drinking straws, in a bid to reduce marine pollution.