Việt Nam News

A year after the elections of Nov 8 last year, the people of Myanmar are still anxiously waiting for the reforms that the NLD government promised.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was targeted by all six of his rivals yesterday in a punchy televised debate of candidates seeking to clinch the right-wing nomination for next year's election.

Governments must do more to protect children from sophisticated online methods used to market unhealthy foods to them, the World Health Organization in Europe said in a report released today.

A hard-fought pact to stave off worst-case-scenario global warming enters into force yesterday after record-fast ratification by nations reassembling next week for a fresh round of UN climate talks.

The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said he agreed with a court ruling on Thursday that the spy agency had held onto sensitive data beyond the time frame allowed by court warrants.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye today agreed to submit to questioning by prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal engulfing her administration, accepting that the damaging fallout was "all my fault".

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (Nov 2) personally saw off 17 Vietnamese fishermen who had trespassed in Philippine waters, after ordering their release in a gesture of friendship towards Hanoi.

 President Barack Obama pressed Democrats black and white to vote in droves for Hillary Clinton yesterday, warning Donald Trump was a threat to hard-earned civil rights, the country and the world.

Spain's National Court said yesterday it was investigating the country's ambassador to Afghanistan and his former deputy for alleged security flaws after an attack on the Kabul embassy last year that left six dead.

South Korea's embattled President Park Geun-Hye picked a new chief of staff today as part of a reshuffle of top aides aimed at quashing public discontent over a spiralling political scandal.

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in its last policy decision before the US election, but signaled it could hike in December as the economy gathers momentum and inflation picks up.

A luxury watch collection, millions of dollars in cash and a Picasso painting are just several items listed on Ukraine officials’ income and asset declarations, shocking a country vowing to curb corruption.

South Korea’s embattled president Park Geun-Hye replaced her prime minister and two other top cabinet members on Wednesday, in her latest bid to contain a damaging political scandal. 

Hillary Clinton launched a final week election offensive Tuesday to lock down the state of Florida, key to Donald Trump’s White House dream, as polls showed their race narrowing.

Missing Malaysian Air flight MH370 appeared to be out of control when it plunged into the ocean, with the wing flaps not prepared for landing, a new report said Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law on suspending the Russian-U.S. intergovernmental agreement on disposal of weapons-grade plutonium. The document was posted on the official website of legal information yesterday.

Lebanese lawmakers ended a two-year political vacuum Monday by electing as president ex-army chief Michel Aoun, who promised to protect the country from spillover from the war in neighbouring Syria.

Canada will lift a visa requirement for Romanian and Bulgarian travelers at the end of next year and ease some restrictions before then, the government announced on Monday.