Outstanding students honored

Outstanding students honored

(VNA) – 67 students who got the highest mark in the recent university entrance exams and others outstanding students at international and national contests have been honored at the Vietnam National University...
Hope for AO/Dioxin victims

Hope for AO/Dioxin victims

(VOVworld) – Twenty four patients in the Dioxin Treatment Department of the Da Nang victims under the Hanoi Military Hospital 103 are the first people living around Da Nang airport recently being confirmed to have...
Hashimoto sets new national party, JRP

Hashimoto sets new national party, JRP

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's new national party, the Japan Restoration Party (JRP), made its debut on Saturday to capture a majority of the seats in the next Lower House...
Pakistan: 11 killed in car bombing in northwest

Pakistan: 11 killed in car bombing in northwest

A powerful car bomb ripped through a market in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 11 people. The explosion in Mattani bazaar near the city of Peshawar injured another 20 people...
Letter Box August 29, 2012

Letter Box August 29, 2012

A: Starting off this week’s Letter Box edition, I’d like to say Hello to Adeel Butt of Pakistan, who was in Hanoi and visited our office some weeks ago. We...
Hoang Nhu and memories of the August Revolution

Hoang Nhu and memories of the August Revolution

(VOVworld) - In August, 1945, Thai Binh was one of the first earliest provinces to seize power. The soldiers and people of all ages and social strata united as one to support the revolution...
Music of the August Revolution

Music of the August Revolution

(VOVworld)-The 1945 August Revolution was an important milestone in Vietnamese history and opened a new page in Vietnam’s musical history, too. During this period, songwriters and musicians who were revolutionary activists...
4th Buddhist Culture Week opens

4th Buddhist Culture Week opens

(VOVworld) - The 4th Buddhist Culture Week, the largest ever so far in Vietnam, opened on Sunday afternoon in the central province of Nghe An. It was jointly organized by the Vietnam Buddhist...
Japanese Prime Minister to dissolve lower house

Japanese Prime Minister to dissolve lower house

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Wednesday he is ready to dissolve the parliament’s lower house shortly for a general election in exchange for opposition support for the passage...