(VOVWORLD) - A Russian Sukhoi-25 ground-attack aircraft has been shot down in a rebel-held area in Syria's north-western province of Idlib.

(VOVWORLD) - A spring festival and a ceremony to announce Xang Khan festival of the Thai as a national intangible cultural heritage took place in Que Phong district, Nghe An province on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilization Truong Thi Mai and leaders of the Vietnam Confederation of Labor on Sunday visited and presented gifts to poor workers who are constructing the Metro Line 1 in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan organized a meeting to celebrate Lunar New Year 2018 on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - A ceremony to present 2017 Golden Hammer and Sickle awards to outstanding press works about the Party building was held in Hanoi on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Wattay international airport in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on Sunday for the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-government Committee.

(VOVWORLD) -The 5th Unicorn-Lion-Dragon contest opened on Saturday at Luu Huu Phuoc Park in Can Tho province. It has drawn 640 athletes from 32 troupes of 16 provinces and cities nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) -A Spring Press Festival was organized in Dien Bien and Bac Giang province by the provincial Journalists Association and the Departments of Information and Communications and Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

(VOVWORLD) -Xoan Singing has received UNESCO’s official recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity at a ceremony at Lai Len Shrine, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on Sunday paid a working visit to Tien Giang province ahead of the 2018 Lunar New Year.