President Natsuo Yamaguchi of Japan's New Komeito Party arrived Beijing Tuesday to ease tensions between the two countries due to a territorial dispute over the Senkaku or Diao Yu...
The United States has circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council that would condemn North Korea for its December rocket launch and calls for tightening existing U.N....
Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of the parliament) approved Saturday two revised laws, concerning the upcoming parliamentary elections and the exercise of political rights respectively, official news agency M
(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday hosted a welcoming ceremony for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is on a two-day official visit to Vietnam
Venezuela’s cancer-stricken president, Hugo Chavez, is recovering in Cuba and is not in a coma as some have rumored a month after surgery, his brother, Adan Chavez, said after a visit to...
Central African Republic rebel groups on Friday signed a ceasefire deal with President Francois Bozize who agreed to set up a government of national unity and call new elections. The...
(VOVworld) – ‘Imposing’ was the word Professor Phan Huy Le, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences, used to describe the newly unearthed architectural work in Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi...
US military officials said this week that most of the US military units deployed to protect Turkey will be ready to fulfill this duty on Saturday
Four bombings in Pakistan on Thursday killed 116 people and wounded 235
(VGP)- The Government recently issued a resolution defining ways to realize the socio-economic development and budget estimate plan for 2013. The resolution asks ministries, agencies, and people’s committees to focus on...
Tokyo summoned the Chinese ambassador Tuesday for the first time under the new government to protest the presence of Chinese ships in waters around the disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) islands in...
(VOVworld) - Despite numerous challenges and difficulties caused by the global economic crisis in 2012, the Vietnamese government paid special attention to social security. As a result, people’s incomes were ensured through support programs...
Diosdado Cabello, an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has been reelected as parliament speaker
Indian police on Thursday officially indicted five suspects accused of gang raping and beating a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi
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Europe’s manufacturing sector entered 2013 in a mostly downbeat fashion as new data revealed there had been no significant improvement in the weak level of output and orders
Talks between the US, Russia, and the UN will be held in mid-January in a new attempt to resolve the crisis in Syria, according to US State Department spokeswoman...
(VOVworld)-Located in northeast Vietnam, Cao Bang province borders Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang province to the west, Bac Kan and Lang Son province to the south and Guangxi, China to the...
(VOVworld) – The Vietnamese government has attached great importance to ensuring goods supply for the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday. The increased supply during the year-end months is a positive...
(VOVworld) - The Central Theoretical Council for the 2011-2015 term has convened its 6th session to discuss political system reforms, party leadership enhancement in mass mobilization, climate change adaptation and...