Việt Nam News

Strong political leadership and earnest implementation of policies by a committed bureaucracy have been two key factors in India's relative success in containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior health official said.

Getting to school as a boy growing up in Singapore in the 1970s could be soggy affair at times. 

A record number of newsrooms across the world have joined this year’s World News Day, a global day of action to promote the importance of fact-based journalism.

The US intelligence community has reached "broad agreement" that the coronavirus was not developed as a bioweapon, and most US agencies assess with "low confidence" it was not genetically engineered, according to an unclassified summary of a report.

The 13 US military troops killed in the bombing attack on Kabul airport Thursday amounted to the worst single-day loss for the Pentagon in Afghanistan since 2011.

The death toll in Haiti's powerful earthquake jumped to over 1,200 on Sunday, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president's assassination.

The Taliban were on the brink of total victory in Afghanistan on Sunday, with their fighters ordered to wait on the outskirts of the capital and the government conceding it was preparing for a "transfer of power".

This coming Sunday, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrates the 54th “ASEAN Day.” For over half a century, ASEAN Member States (AMS) have promoted multilateral dialogue and cooperation. Embracing globalisation, many countries in the region enjoyed explosive economic growth and have collectively emerged as the 5th largest economy in the world.

The United States sent Việt Nam two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, the White House said, in its latest assistance to countries struggling to tame the pandemic.

Officials and global observers have underlined the importance of understanding the Communist Party of China, especially its history, after the Party led the Chinese people to achieve unprecedented success in various fields, including COVID-19 control and poverty alleviation, during its continuing journey.

President Joe Biden outlined his plan on Thursday for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses that the US will distribute globally before July, with 75 per cent of shots disbursed via the COVAX scheme.

A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela Thursday left 25 people dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighborhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups.

An elevated metro line collapsed in the Mexican capital on Monday, leaving at least 15 people dead and dozens injured as a passing train came crashing down, authorities said.

One of the most important global conferences in Asia, the 26th International Conference on 'The Future of Asia', will be held on May 20 and 21 and streamed live from Japan's capital Tokyo and Viet Nam's Government leader is expected to attend.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife and fellow philanthropist Melinda announced on Monday they are divorcing after a 27-year marriage.