(VOVWORLD) - The European Parliament (EP) approved the Pact on Migration and Asylum on Wednesday. This is a historic step to address one of the EU’s biggest challenges of the decade.

(VOVWORLD) - The 11th Southern Traditional Cake Festival will be held from next Wednesday to Sunday in Can Tho city. The event is part of the local effort to preserve and promote traditional cultural and culinary values.

(VOVWORLD) - Multiple activities with a variety of messages will be organized nationwide through May 1 to celebrate Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2024.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s textile and garment exports are recovering, especially in traditional markets. Experts say the orders are returning to Vietnam because Vietnam is a safe destination and a new driving force of the global economy.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Commission (EC) Inspection Team is scheduled to conduct the 5th inspection on Vietnam’s compliance with illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations later this month. Recently the Vietnamese government, ministries, and localities have implemented many solutions to make visible changes in the fight against IUU fishing, aiming to have the "yellow card" removed during the EC’s upcoming inspection.

(VOVWORLD) -The European Union has slashed some requirements for agriculture in face of large-scale protests by farmers since the beginning of the year as well as concerns about the impact on the European Parliament elections in June.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has launched a project to create one million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice in Thach An commune, Vinh Thach district, Can Tho city. The project will restructure the entire rice industry of the Mekong Delta with the goal of reducing production costs and emissions, increasing the value of rice, and sustainably developing rural areas.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam celebrated “All people voluntary blood donation day” on Sunday. Over the past several years, the blood donation drive has spread nationwide. In HCM City, the campaign has garnered a strong response from local residents including those with rare blood groups.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is paying an official visit to China at the invitation of Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji. The visit is of great importance to maintaining high-level exchanges and contacts as well as mapping out strategic directions for bilateral ties and concretizing common perceptions between top leaders of the two Parties and countries.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hamas-Israel conflict has been going on for 6 months. Casualties on both sides have mounted but diplomatic negotiations are at a standstill.