Việt Nam News

Every year, some 25 million people -- one in ten of them children -- die in serious pain that could have been alleviated with morphine at just a few cents per dose, researchers said on Friday.

Finance chiefs from around the world were warned on Thursday to get their houses in order while the global economy is strong and to be ready for possible shocks in the future.

Britain and the EU are stuck in a "disturbing" deadlock over the Brexit divorce bill, though a breakthrough remains possible in the next two months, EU negotiator Michel Barnier has said.

The news that a young reporter at Japan's public broadcaster had worked herself to death came as little surprise to those inside the country's media, where a culture of excessively long hours has become the norm.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threatened on Wednesday to cancel a major arms buy from the US over a tariffs row, as talks on a North American free trade deal got off to a rocky start.

New Zealanders' agonising wait for a general election winner is set to enter a third week, as populist "kingmaker" Winston Peters on Thursday again delayed announcing who he was backing.

At least 18 people were found buried early on Thursday morning after a landslide hit the northern mountainous Hòa Bình Province’s Phú Cường Commune.

South Korea will accelerate its "leading" efforts to create an environment for the resumption of talks aimed at denuclearising North Korea, the country's top diplomat said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition is heading for a two-thirds majority in Japan's forthcoming election, surveys suggested on Thursday, as a new party founded by popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike runs out of steam.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed "a range of options" with his national security team to respond to North Korea’s recent missile and nuclear tests, his office said.

French President Emmanuel Macron has pleaded his case for ambitious European reforms, appealing to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to join forces with him and enter the debate.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Tuesday that Turkish officials will boycott the US ambassador, deepening one of the worst rifts in decades between the NATO allies.

Firefighters battled wildfires in California’s wine region on Tuesday as the death toll rose to 15 and thousands were left homeless in neighborhoods reduced to ashes.

Group of 20 finance chiefs are expected to gather this week to examine the strength of global economic growth and potential risks to financial markets as major US and European central banks move toward monetary policy normalisation.

President Moon Jae-in called for additional efforts to speed up government-led social and political reforms on Tuesday, dismissing opposition accusations that the move is aimed at retaliating against his political rivals.

French civil servants angered by Emmanuel Macron's plans to freeze their pay and eliminate 120,000 public jobs go on strike on Tuesday, amplifying a revolt over the president's cost-cutting, pro-business agenda.

Las Vegas mass killer Stephen Paddock was a compulsive player of video poker who took the anxiety drug Valium, CNN reported on Monday.

The UN has slapped a global port ban on four vessels found violating sanctions against North Korea, the head of an expert panel said on Monday in what he described as an unprecedented move.