Book Day features Vietnamese cultural life

Book Day features Vietnamese cultural life

(VOVworld)- The third Vietnam Book Day once again underlines the roles of publishers, readers, collectors, authors and book promoters. The highlight of this year’s event is a book festival to be...
Efforts to raise oil prices deadlocked

Efforts to raise oil prices deadlocked

(VOVworld)- After 6 hours of negotiations in Doha, Qatar, on April 17 the world’s major oil producers failed reach a deal to limit oil production. Despite optimism ahead of the...
Japan earthquake: death toll rises to 41

Japan earthquake: death toll rises to 41

(VOVworld) - Residents and officials are slowly trying to piece their lives back together after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan's Kyushu Island early Saturday morning. At least 41 people...
Second deadly quake hits southern Japan

Second deadly quake hits southern Japan

(VOVworld) - A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday, killing at least 19 people, injuring and trapping many people in collapsed buildings, barely a day after...
Charity work organized in Cambodia

Charity work organized in Cambodia

(VOVworld) – On Monday, the Ho Chi Minh city Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, Pham Ngoc Thach medical university and Vietnam’s embassy in Cambodia provided free medical check-ups and...
Chu Dau pottery revival

Chu Dau pottery revival

(VOVworld)- The 500-year-old pottery village of Chu Dau in Hai Duong province is reviving, as a popular tourist destination
IS kidnaps 344 Syrian workers

IS kidnaps 344 Syrian workers

(VOVworld) - Islamic State militants are believed to have kidnapped 344 Syrian workers from a private cement factory near Damascus, the Syrian government announced on Wednesday