The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has opened a training programme for detached government officials from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV)
(VOVworld) – Twenty seven EU Foreign Ministers agreed in Luxembourg on Monday to lift all economic and trade embargos and sanctions imposed on Myanmar’s citizens. The move is considered an important breakthrough...
(VOVworld) - The 2013 Vietnam International Travel Mart, VITM, opened in Hanoi on Thursday in response to the National Tourism Year of the Red River Delta – Hai Phong
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(VOVworld) – State president Truong Tan Sang received President of the Kansai region’s Economic Federation Mori Shosuke in Hanoi on Tuesday
(VOVworld) – Despite the global economic crisis, agriculture remains a high point of Vietnam’s economy. Exports of agro-forestry and seafood products have been major contributors to national export revenues....
(VOVworld) – Nguyen Quang Thach, who calls himself a book beggar, is working on his plan to bring books to rural areas and establish a reading habit in poor areas. Thach hopes that in...
The US is ready to talk to North Korea, said Secretary of State John Kerry, who is visiting Japan
(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended a groundbreaking ceremony of the Hai Phong international gateway port project in Cat Hai district, Hai Phong city on Sunday
(VOVworld) – The central city of Da Nang is preparing for its 6th International Fireworks Competition, which will take place at the end of this month. The competition, dubbed “Love of the Han River”, will...
(VOVworld) - The 2013 Vietnam-Japan Spring Festival will open next weekend at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Center to mark the 40th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties
(VOVworld) – A cherry blossom (Sakura) festival called “A Japanese Cultural Feature in Ha Long” opened Thursday in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, attracting a large number of locals and...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday cut its trade growth forecast for 2013 because of risks from the eurozone crisis and growing protectionism
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced its plan to move all radioactive water from underground reservoirs to safer places by this June
To begin this week’s edition of the Letter Box, we welcome Roger Tidy who wrote to the Voice of Vietnam for the first time on March 28, although he has heard our station...
(VOVworld) – This week, US Secretary of State John Kerry began a tour of China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan. Although it’s not Kerry’s first overseas trip since he...
(VOVworld)-The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on Friday launched the first direct service linking the central resort city of Nha Trang to Moscow. The flight on a Boeing 777 took off from...
(VOVworld)- The ASEAN Defense Senior Officials Meeting Plus (ASDOM+) opened in Brunei yesterday/ on Thursday with the participation of Deputy Ministers, General Secretaries, and representatives from the 18 members countries of ASEAN Defense Ministers...
Only by 6-party talks among Russia, the US, China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea can denuclearization of the Korean peninsula be achieved, says Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander...
According to the Korean central news agency, the Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army says the High Command has approved the decision to launch "merciless"...