(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has jumped five positions from 11th to 6th on the global retail development index (GRDI) compiled by the American consulting firm A.T. Kearney.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy has stressed that the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is a legal basis for the realization of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Commission on Wednesday revealed a new defense fund to build advanced technologies like drones and robotics.

(VOVWORLD) - 1,000 singers from 10 countries and territories around the world have come to the 5th Vietnam International Choir Competition, which opened on Wednesday in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea launched several projectiles believed to be short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles from its east coast Thursday from the vicinity of Wonsan in Gangwon Province.

(VOVWORLD) - 31 documentary films will be screened at the eighth Europe-Vietnam documentary film festival which began Thursday in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tran Dai Quang on Wednesday hosted a banquet in honor of the visiting President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman.

(VOVWORLD) - Armed assailants, including some disguised as women, stunned Iran on Wednesday with brazen attacks on the Parliament building and the tomb of its revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea’s presidential office said that the ongoing deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system will be suspended pending a complete environmental impact assessment.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong applauded the Vietnam visit by Czech President Milos Zeman as contributing to traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic.