Europe: a year of instability

Europe: a year of instability

(VOVworld) – Europe has faced instability and challenges in 2015 – security threats, slow economic recovery, and divisions provoked by a growing migration crisis
A million migrants flee to Europe in 2015

A million migrants flee to Europe in 2015

(VOVworld) - Persecution, political conflict, and poverty have driven one million people to seek safety in Europe in 2015, according to estimates by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and the International Organization...
No progress yet in UK-EU negotiations

No progress yet in UK-EU negotiations

(VOVworld) – The EU Summit in Brussels last week discussed the UK’s proposed list of reforms, which included a proposal that the EU curb benefits for EU migrants to the UK for...
Vietnamese education prepares for ASEAN integration

Vietnamese education prepares for ASEAN integration

(VOVworld) – The ASEAN Economic Community will be officially established at the end of this month. Pursuant to signed agreements, ASEAN member countries will accept each other’s qualifications. In other words,...
US, Russia propose sanction resolution on IS

US, Russia propose sanction resolution on IS

(VOVworld) – The US and Russia jointly pressed the UN Security Council to enforce stricter measures to curb the funding of Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist organizations
Opportunities offered by FTAs for Vietnamese economy

Opportunities offered by FTAs for Vietnamese economy

(VOVworld) – In 2015 Vietnam signed free trade agreements with the Republic of Korea and the Eurasia Economic Union and completed European Union FTA and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations. The trade deals...
Vietnam, EU strengthen partnership

Vietnam, EU strengthen partnership

(VOVworld) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception on Tuesday for the new ambassador and head of the EU delegation to Vietnam Bruno Angelet. Minh asked the ambassador...
More people killed in migrant boat accident

More people killed in migrant boat accident

(VOVworld) - A wooden boat carrying Middle Eastern migrants capsized off the Greek island of Farmakonisi Wednesday morning, killing at least eleven people, including five children