(VOVWORLD) - Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, praised the values of Buddhism at an event to celebrate the International Day of Vesak in New York on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Syria’s media said Wednesday that its Foreign Ministry has submitted a letter of complaint to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council about airstrikes carried out by the US-led coalition near the city of Hasakah on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday proposed an EU budget of nearly 1.28 trillion euros for 2021-2027 after the UK leaves the EU.

(VOVWORLD) - The North Korean mission to the United Nations issued a press release on Wednesday denying North Korean involvement in a hacking campaign against a UN Panel of Experts (PoE) tasked with monitoring Pyongyang’s sanctions enforcement and evasion.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has earned 5 tickets to compete in the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina this October.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said Vietnam does not intend an export surplus with the US, but focuses on competitive product exports and hi-tech and environmentally-friendly imports to meet the needs of the two countries’ businesses and people.

(VOVWORLD) -A tree planting ceremony was held today at the national trig point GPS 0001 in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, in the presence of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ca Mau Gas Processing Plant was inaugurated at Khanh An industrial park in Ca Mau province on Wednesday. Invested by the PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PVGas), the new plant has a capacity of producing 600 tonnes of LPG and 35 tonnes of condensate per day to meet 10% of domestic market demand.

(VOVWORLD) -Another FM radio station built by the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) with the use of non-refundable aid from the Vietnamese Government was inaugurated and put into operation in Pray Veng Province, Cambodia on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Tourist destinations nationwide attracted a great number of visitors on National Reunification Day and May Day.