French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday that France wanted a United Nations peacekeeping force to replace French forces deployed in Mali by April, incorporating troops offered by West African nations. The force would...
(VOVworld) - On Monday, French President Francois Hollande declared that Mali’s military forces, supported by nearly 3,000 French soldiers, are pushing north in an offensive against Islamist rebels....
France's air force launched fresh strikes against Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine in Mali this week. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters on Sunday that the raid...
France has carried out airstrikes in Mali to support government forces trying to stem advances by Islamist militants. Troops from Nigeria and Senegal also are in Mali to help government forces. Malian...
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on Saturday following Prime Minister Mario Monti’s resignation from office, formally setting the stage for general elections to be held in February. Monti resigned on Friday a couple...
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti resigned on Friday after parliament gave final approval to the 2013 budget law. The 69-year-old economist handed in his formal resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano,...
Thousands of police marched through the center of the Spanish capital, Madrid on Saturday to protest against cutbacks in their salaries
(VOVworld) - President Truong Tan Sang received in Hanoi on Wednesday ambassadors from Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Botswana, San Marino, Ecuador, Bahrain and Colombia
(VOVworld)- Vietnam will play host to the 2019 Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced at its plenary session in Macao, China, on Thursday
Tens of thousands of people marched through Rome in a "No Monti Day" yesterday/ on Saturday to protest against austerity measures introduced by Prime Minister Mario Monti's government. Appointed in November when Italy risked...
(VNA) - San Marino’s Foreign Minister Antonella Mularoni has expressed her hope that Vietnam and San Marino will strengthen their friendship and further cooperate in the future, first of all...
(VNA/VOVworld)- Vietnam will unceasingly consolidate and develop its fraternal solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Cuba as well as the mutual trust between the two Parties, States and peoples
Vietnam’s Government leader has affirmed that continuously consolidating the friendly and comprehensive cooperative ties with China is a consistent, long-term and strategic policy of the Vietnamese Party and...
(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s consulates in Hongkong and Macao held a ceremony yesterday to mark Vietnam’s 67th National Independence Day on September 2
The EU commission’s economic affairs spokesman Simon O’Connor said the EC welcomes Spain’s new fiscal measures after the Spanish government announced a new austerity package on Wednesday. O’Connor said the EC...
The European Commission yesterday/ on Wednesday approved a 4.5 billion euro package for Spain and a 19 billion euro guarantee from Madrid for troubled Bankia’s subsidiary of Spanish BFA...
(VOVworld) The West African country of Mali has seen growing uncertainty since a military coup 2 weeks ago. Diplomatic messages from the UN and other countries have been arriving and some sanctions...
The U.N. Security Council has condemned mutinous Malian soldiers for their "forcible seizure of power" from Mali's democratically elected government
(VOVworld)- An exchange on how to boost economic cooperation between Vietnam and Macao took place in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday. It aimed to introduce Macao’s potential to Vietnam,...
(VOVworld) The Marian Days is a main festival of the Muong ethnic people in Ba Vi district of Ha Noi. The festival represents the diversity of various ethnic groups in Vietnam...