Bac Son commune builds new rural areas

Bac Son commune builds new rural areas

(VOVworld) – Bac Son commune in the northern province of Quang Ninh is actively involved in the new rural areas program. Although they live in a mountainous border commune with lots of...
9th "Meeting Viet Nam" opens in Quy Nhon

9th "Meeting Viet Nam" opens in Quy Nhon

(VOVworld)- Over 200 scientists from 30 nations, including seven Nobel Prize winners, will attend the 9th "Meeting Viet Nam" – a series of scientific workshops and physics lectures to be held...
Arsenal wraps up tour of Vietnam

Arsenal wraps up tour of Vietnam

(VOVworld) – The UK’s Arsenal football club won a resounding 7-1 victory in a friendly match with the Vietnamese national squad at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on...
Key issues in the 5th Sino-US strategic dialogue

Key issues in the 5th Sino-US strategic dialogue

(VOVworld)- Over the past two days senior US and Chinese officials attended the 5th Sino-US strategic and economic dialogue in Washington. The dialogue, which follows Chinese President Xi Jinping’s...
Edward Snowden withdraws Russian asylum request

Edward Snowden withdraws Russian asylum request

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, has said that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden withdrew his request for political asylum in Russia as soon as President Vladimir Putin made clear that he...

Edward Snowden 'applies for asylum in Russia'

(VOVworld) – The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied to Russia for political asylum. The 30-year-old former CIA contractor, who is wanted by...
US intelligence in a dilemma

US intelligence in a dilemma

(VOVworld) – Edward Snowden, a former CIA intelligence agent, has revealed to the media an Internet surveillance program called PRISM, which the US National Security Agency has operated for years. The move has...
Con Dao, a tourist paradise

Con Dao, a tourist paradise

(VOVworld) – Con Dao archipelago in Ba Ria Vung Tau province consists of 16 islets. It used to be known as a hell on earth where revolutionary Vietnamese soldiers were jailed during the wars...