US, North Korea continue to advance ties

US, North Korea continue to advance ties

(VOVWORLD) - US Vice President Mike Pence has said the United States will not be "sidelined or sidetracked" in negotiations to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons program
Vietnam backs non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

Vietnam backs non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam pursues a consistent policy of supporting efforts by the international community to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, said Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to...
UN warns of nuclear threat

UN warns of nuclear threat

(VOVWORLD) - The threat of the use, intentional or otherwise, of nuclear weapons is growing, the UN representative for disarmament affairs Izumi Nakamitsu told a preliminary review meeting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty...
Iran nuclear deal revision under pressure

Iran nuclear deal revision under pressure

(VOVWORLD) -Iran’s nuclear deal is likely to be revised after US President Donald Trump set a deadline to renegotiate the deal. The stance of Iran and international support for the...
US plans flexible use of nuclear weapons

US plans flexible use of nuclear weapons

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump’s administration will adopt a policy allowing the flexible use of nuclear weapons through the new Nuclear Posture Review to be unveiled as early as...
North Korea resumes plutonium production

North Korea resumes plutonium production

(VOVworld) – North Korea's Atomic Energy Institute, which runs the country's Yongbyon nuclear facilities, said on Wednesday that it has resumed plutonium production and has no plan to stop...
Obama calls for world free of nuclear weapons

Obama calls for world free of nuclear weapons

(VOVworld) - US President Barack Obama has called for a world without nuclear weapons during a historic visit to Hiroshima, Japan, where the United States dropped the first atomic bomb nearly...
EU warns of IS weapons of mass destruction

EU warns of IS weapons of mass destruction

(VOVworld) – EU and NATO security chiefs have warned that Islamic State terrorists are trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction such as biological and nuclear weapons to attack Britain and Europe. Jorge Berto Silva,...
Vietnam committed to NPT

Vietnam committed to NPT

(VOVworld)- A conference to review the implementation of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons has ended in the UN headquarters in New York after 4 weeks of sitting