VNA/ VOV online
3792 newsArticles by author
OVs in Belgium protest against China’s illegal acts
Thousands of Vietnamese people living in Belgium held a meeting in front of the headquarters of the European Council in Brussels to denounce China’s unlawful act of placing its Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.
OV association condemns China for East Sea action
In response to China’s illegal positioning of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, the Liaison Association for Overseas Vietnamese has issued a statement, unyieldingly protesting China’s behaviour.
Ex-police official gets sentence reduced
The Court of Appeals under the Supreme People’s Court on May 23 reduced the sentence of Duong Tu Trong, former Deputy Director of the northern port city of Haiphong's Police Department, from 18 to 16 years in prison.
China threatening East Sea peace: Vietnamese scholar
Using oil prospecting as a pretext, China is adding fuel to the fire of tension in the East Sea, Ass. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Chu Hoi, senior lecturer at the Hanoi National University, has said.
Tay Ninh firms boost chicken exports to Cambodia
Businesses in the southern province of Tay Ninh have earned nearly VND1 billion (US$47,000) from their daily export of 10,000 chickens to Cambodia through auxiliary border checkpoints.
Traffic accidents claim nearly 4,000 lives
More than 10,700 traffic accidents have occurred nationwide so far this year, killing 3,928 people and injuring 10,556 others.
President speaks highly of Japanese investment
President Truong Tan Sang has highly valued Japanese investment in Vietnam and asked a Japanese businessperson to call on his fellows to make fact-finding tours of seafood processing facilities in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen.
Vietnam calls on WHO members to adapt to climate change
A Vietnamese official has delivered an impassioned speech at the ongoing 67th Assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO), calling on the organisation and United Nations agencies to intensify their response to climate change.
Senior army officer greets Venezuelan guests
Lieutenant General Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, received a delegation of the Venezuelan Institute of Higher Studies for National Defence in Hanoi on May 22.
Hoa Hao Buddhists convene fourth congress
Delegates from Hoa Hao Buddhist chapters nationwide gathered at An Hoa Pagoda in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on May 22 for the sect’s fourth congress for the 2014-2019 term.