Current Affairs

29/04/2019

Overseas Vietnamese – a catalyst for Vietnam’s success

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has been reunified for 44 years. Over the past 4 decades, overseas Vietnamese have contributed remarkably to Vietnam’s reconstruction and development, making their homeland more competitive on the global arena.

Overseas Vietnamese – a catalyst for Vietnam’s success
26/04/2019

National strength makes Reunification Day

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese people are celebrating the 44th Reunification Day, April 30, a national holiday that marks the liberation of southern Vietnam and the end of the American Resistance War. Cao Thoa reports.

National strength makes Reunification Day
25/04/2019

Regional economic cooperation boosted

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation from Vietnam arrived in Beijing on Thursday for the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The trip, made at the invitation of Chinese Party leader and President Xi Jinping, manifests Vietnam’s active international integration and its appreciation of initiatives to promote regional economic cooperation including the “Belt and Road” initiative which is based on the principle of cooperation for peace, equality, mutual benefit, and respect in line with international law and the UN Charter.

Regional economic cooperation boosted
24/04/2019

Immunization and preventive health in Vietnam

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) covers 12 infectious children’s diseases. Smallpox, polio, and neonatal tetanus have been eradicated in Vietnam. Immunization programs have effectively prevented dangerous infectious diseases.

Immunization and preventive health in Vietnam
24/04/2019

ASEAN Community and integration targets

(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN has agreed to conclude negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at the end of this year and reinforce internal consensus before negotiations with other partners. The agreement was reached at the just concluded 25th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat in Phuket, Thailand.

ASEAN Community and integration targets
23/04/2019

Vietnam adapts to climate change

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will be one of the countries most affected by climate change in the next decades, particularly its coastal areas, so it has implemented policies and solutions to effectively adapt to the change.

Vietnam adapts to climate change
23/04/2019

Behind the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka

(VOVWORLD) - The world has been shocked by a series of devastating terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, a decade after the civil war ended there. It’s not merely Sri Lanka’s affair. The attacks appear linked to international terrorism, alerting all countries be more vigilant.

Behind the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka
22/04/2019

President Ho Chi Minh testament embraces historical values

(VOVWORLD) - 2019 marks 50 years of Vietnam’s implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s testament. The historical document is of profound theoretical and practical significance to the country’s renovation and development.

President Ho Chi Minh testament embraces historical values
19/04/2019

Washington makes risky move

(VOVWORLD) - Washington on Wednesday announced the reactivation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, which allows Americans to sue foreign companies and individuals over property nationalized by the 1959 Revolution in Cuba. The US decision, which aims to pressurize Cuba on Venezuela, is considered risky because it may trigger new disputes between the US and the EU and enmesh US, Canadian, and European companies in lawsuits.

Washington makes risky move