Current Affairs

10/07/2017

Code of Conduct promotes Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City has put in place a number of solutions to realize the target of receiving 5.6 million foreign visitors this year. The city. They include the release of a Code of Conduct for tourists.

Code of Conduct promotes Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism
10/07/2017

Europe reduces emission from public transport

(VOVWORLD) - The French Environment Minister has recently announced that France will ban petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 to fulfill its commitment in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Some other European countries have promised to stop the production of fossil fuel vehicles.

Europe reduces emission from public transport
09/07/2017

Facebook Clamps Down on ‘Low Quality’ Links on Newsfeeds

(VOVWORLD) - Facebook, the world’s biggest social network with more than 2 billion users is rolling out an update that will throttle links from users who are judged to be posting “vast amounts” of low-quality content onto their profiles and clogging up the news feeds of their friends.

Facebook Clamps Down on ‘Low Quality’ Links on Newsfeeds
07/07/2017

HRW distorts Vietnam’s human rights

(VOVWORLD) -Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released incorrect and ill-intended information about freedom of speech and internet in Vietnam. This is a worn-out, biased accusation by the non-governmental organization about Vietnam’s human rights situation.

HRW distorts Vietnam’s human rights
07/07/2017

Vietnamese field hospital ready for mission in South Sudan

(VOVWORLD) - Health workers of the Vietnam Field Hospital – Military Hospital 175 have practiced hardly over the past few months despite severe weather to prepare for a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan assigned by the UN. They are now ready for UN assessment.

Vietnamese field hospital ready for mission in South Sudan
06/07/2017

French movie, Ciel Rouge, premieres in Vietnam

(VOVWORLD) -Ciel Rouge (Red Sky), a movie set in Vietnam in the early years of the Indochina War and shot entirely in Vietnam, will premiere in France in mid-July and in Vietnam in October.

French movie, Ciel Rouge, premieres in Vietnam
06/07/2017

G20 Summit: “Shaping an interconnected world”

(VOVWORLD) - Under the theme “Shaping an interconnected world”, the G20 Summit of developed and emerging economies will open in Hamburg on Friday. Amidst major changes in politics, security, and economics around the world, the summit intends to reach a consensus on fighting terrorism, preventing trade protection, climate change, migration policies, and big countries’ commitments to multilateral mechanisms.

G20 Summit: “Shaping an interconnected world”
05/07/2017

Vietnam works with G20 for an inter-connected world

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will visit Germany and attend the G20 summit of developed and emerging economies from Wednesday to Sunday. The visit will strengthen the Vietnam-Germany Strategic Partnership and Vietnam’s relations with G20 members. Vietnam, as the host of APEC 2017, will contribute ideas to the G20 summit theme of “Shaping an inter-connected world”.

Vietnam works with G20 for an inter-connected world