Russian PM visits Latin America

Russian PM visits Latin America

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Brazil and Cuba this Wednesday. During his visit to Brazil on February 20-21, Medvedev will hold talks with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff...
EU tightens sanctions against Pyongyang

EU tightens sanctions against Pyongyang

The European Union expanded sanctions against North Korea on Monday, nearly one week after the country detonated a nuclear weapon in contravention of United Nations' resolutions. 27-member bloc agreed...
2013 Yen Tu Spring Festival opens

2013 Yen Tu Spring Festival opens

(VOVworld) – The 2013 spring festival on Yen Tu mountain, the country’s leading centre for Buddhism, opened on Monday in Uong Bi city in the northern province of Quang Ninh
Peace envoy calls for fresh talks on Syria

Peace envoy calls for fresh talks on Syria

UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sunday urged international backing for a Syrian opposition offer to begin talks with the regime, proposed to be held at the UN...
Spring festivals take place nationwide

Spring festivals take place nationwide

(VOVworld)-The Tich Dien or King’s Ploughing Festival opened in Doi Son Commune, Duy Tien District, Ha Nam Province on Saturday. The festival originated from the fact that on a spring day...
Hope for Vietnam’s steady growth in 2013

Hope for Vietnam’s steady growth in 2013

(VOVworld) - In 2012, Vietnam’s GDP growth rate was 5.03%, an impressive figure compared to the economic decline in many countries. The Vietnamese people are hoping for further economic...
Tet in Vietnam’s southwestern islands

Tet in Vietnam’s southwestern islands

(VOVworld) – Yellow apricot blossoms and young green buds have begun to show in Vietnam’s southwestern islands, signaling the approach of the Lunar New Year and spring. Navy Zone 5...
Tet party celebrated in Japan

Tet party celebrated in Japan

(VOVworld)-The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held an end-of-year party for foreign diplomats yesterday/ on Thursday to welcome the Lunar New Year. The event is one of many activities to...
Indonesia sets free 33 VNese fishermen

Indonesia sets free 33 VNese fishermen

(VOVworld) – 33 of the 48 Vietnamese fishermen who have been detained in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan, will be freed to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year
Diverse activities to mark CPV anniversary

Diverse activities to mark CPV anniversary

(VOV) – Quang Ngai and Kon Tum provinces have organized Spring Press Festivals to celebrate the 83rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and welcome the Lunar New Year