(VOVWORLD) -Russia has vowed to give a proper "response" to US sanctions, shortly after Washington imposed a new round of bans over Russia's alleged role in the Ukrainian crisis.

(VOVWORLD) - British and EU Brexit negotiators will hold meetings in Brussels roughly every two weeks instead of the monthly round of negotiations they had in 2017.

(VOVWORLD) -The Syrian opposition will not attend a peace conference in Russia next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, according to the Syrian Negotiations Commission's (SNC) official Twitter account.

(VOVWORLD) -The United States will send the largest team ever to attend a Winter Olympics, 242 athletes, to next month’s Pyeongchang Games, the US Olympic Committee announced on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords were signed, concluding the longest battle in the history of Vietnam’s revolutionary diplomacy.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnam Red Cross Society will offer gifts worth 300,000 USD to help disadvantaged people across Vietnam enjoy a happy Lunar New Year Festival or Tet, which will begin on February 14.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on Saturday attended a flag saluting ceremony at Ha Giang province’s Lung Cu flag post, Vietnam’s northernmost point.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam lost 1-2 to Uzbekistan in the final of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship in China on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong received new Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres Rivera in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - A seminar was held in Hanoi on Friday to mark 50 years of the Mau Than 1968 General Offensive and Uprising.