Current Affairs

27/04/2017

World effort to protect penguins in Antarctica

(VOVworld) – Penguins, one of the world’s most special species, are under threat of both climate change and human impact. Scientists are warning of the extinction of penguins in the wild within decades if no action is taken.

World effort to protect penguins in Antarctica
27/04/2017

Promoting Con Co tourism

(VOVworld) – Con Co island has a diverse ecosystem of forests and beaches that are attractive to tourists. Quang Tri province has developed a tourism plan to turn Con Co island into a national marine ecotourism site.

Promoting Con Co tourism
26/04/2017

More incentives for workers

(VOVworld)-Vietnam is celebrating Workers’ Month to mark Labor Day, May 1. Last Saturday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a dialogue with workers in the central economic region.

More incentives for workers
26/04/2017

Facebook is working on a way to let you type with your brain

(VOVworld) - Facebook has unveiled a project to create a brain-computer interface that lets you type with your thoughts and hear with your skin. If it succeeds, the project will create a tool that will enable disabled persons to make contact without a phone.

Facebook is working on a way to let you type with your brain
25/04/2017

Elections will shape Europe’s future

(VOVworld) – The French presidential election and other elections in the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy could revive Europe or break it apart.

Elections will shape Europe’s future
25/04/2017

Vietnam has the biggest JICA-funded projects

(VOVworld) – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to support Vietnam as much in fiscal year 2017 as it did in the previous fiscal year. This means Vietnam remains one of the countries with the biggest JICA-funded projects.

Vietnam has the biggest JICA-funded projects
25/04/2017

Nicaragua Canal, unrealistic mega-project

(VOVworld) – The Nicaraguan Canal, which was expected to become Nicaragua’s largest infrastructure project, is one of the Nicaraguan government’s efforts to lift Nicaragua out of poverty. But since the groundbreaking ceremony in December 2014, nothing else has happened.

Nicaragua Canal, unrealistic mega-project
24/04/2017

Vietnam boost ties with neighboring countries

(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is visiting Cambodia and Laos this week to demonstrate Vietnam’s desire to boost friendship and cooperation with these two neighbors.

Vietnam boost ties with neighboring countries
24/04/2017

Vietnam’s exports see positive signs

(VOVworld)-The Ministry of Industry and Trade forecasts that Vietnam’s exports will grow stronger in the second quarter, thanks to business reforms and the implementation of free trade agreements.

Vietnam’s exports see positive signs