Overseas Vietnamese welcome Tet

Overseas Vietnamese welcome Tet

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s Mission to the United Nations, WTO and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland held a banquet to welcome the Lunar New Year. Nearly 200 overseas Vietnamese studying and working...
Qatar recalls its ambassador from Egypt

Qatar recalls its ambassador from Egypt

(VOVworld)- Qatar has recalled its ambassador from Egypt “for consultation” days after Cairo launched airstrikes against ISIL positions in Libya, Doha says
Greece elects new president

Greece elects new president

(VOVworld) - Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a moderate conservative former Minister of Interior, was elected on Wednesday as new President of Greece
Syrian opposition members start Moscow talks

Syrian opposition members start Moscow talks

(VOVworld) – Syrian opposition figures on Monday began four days of talks in Moscow on how to end the near four-year conflict. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov said that 25 members of the...
Libya peace talks resume in Geneva

Libya peace talks resume in Geneva

(VOVworld) - A new round of peace talks between Libya’s warring factions began in Geneva on Monday. Participants at the talks represented a number of groups, but the Islamist-backed Fajr Libya...
US East Coast braces for historic blizzard

US East Coast braces for historic blizzard

(VOVworld) - A swath of the US East Coast from Philadelphia to New York City to Maine was bracing for a potentially historic blizzard on Monday. On Sunday the National Weather Service ...
Tet gifts given to disadvantaged people

Tet gifts given to disadvantaged people

(VOVworld) – Local authorities across Vietnam have visited and presented gifts to the poor, Agent Orange/Dioxin victims, lonely elderly, social beneficiaries, and ethnic people for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet...
US, DPRK hold informal talks in Singapore

US, DPRK hold informal talks in Singapore

(VOVworld) - The US and North Korean representatives praised last weekend’s informal talks in Singapore covering Pyongyang's nuclear program, among other issues. Speaking to the press after the meeting with...
45 Christian churches in Niger burnt

45 Christian churches in Niger burnt

(VOVworld) - Forty-five Christian churches were torched over the weekend in Niger’s capital during deadly protests over the publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon by the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police...