(VOVWORLD) - The 11th Culture, Sports, and Tourism Festival for Northeast ethnic groups will open in Lang Son city on Saturday. This large-scale event marks the 193rd founding anniversary of Lang Son province and the 115th birthday of Hoang Van Thu, a prominent leader of the Indochina Communist Party.

(VOVWORLD) - US Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been campaigning intensely in the final days before Election Day on November 5. The race is too close to call.

(VOVWORLD) - The OCOP (One Commune One Product) Export Product Exhibition, known as VIETNAM OCOPEX 2024, opened on Friday at Vinhomes Ocean Park 3 in Hung Yen Province. The 4-day event aims to help Vietnamese businesses export their OCOP products directly.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is transforming strongly, enjoying multiple new opportunities. At a recent conference of the Australia-Vietnam Policy Institute in Adelaide, Australia, many world leaders praised Vietnam’s more important role in regional growth.

(VOVWORLD) - More agricultural products and processed foods of Vietnam have penetrated in to the European market thanks to the dynamism of businesses and support of Vietnamese Trade Offices in Europe.

(VOVWORLD) - UN humanitarian and health agencies have warned that the entire population of northern Gaza is at risk of dying because of the Israeli army's fierce attacks and prolonged siege and deteriorating living conditions.

(VOVWORLD) - The construction of the North-South high-speed railway are gaining public traction these days. The railway line, which will have a designed speed of 350 km per hour, will begin at Ngoc Hoi station in Hanoi, pass through 20 provinces and cities, and end at Thu Thiem station in Ho Chi Minh City. The project is expected to improve railway transport capacity, connect key economic regions, and boost the economy.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang and Khanh Hoa have become popular destinations for international tourists, the majority of them from India and South Korea. To cater to this demand, Vietjet Air has recently launched direct flights connecting Da Nang and Nha Trang with Ahmedabad of India, and Daegu of South Korea.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation are currently in the Middle East for official visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, the 8th Future Investment Initiative Conference in Saudi Arabia, and a working visit to Saudi Arabia. This trip, from Sunday to Friday, seeks to foster political trust, strengthen Vietnam's ties with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, pave the way for a new era of cooperation with these countries, and create breakthroughs in economic, trade, and investment cooperation, expanding the reach of Vietnamese products into Gulf markets.

(VOVWORLD) - The openness of the economy and new generation bilateral free trade agreements have offered Vietnamese enterprises many development opportunities. With science and technology application and innovation and incentive mechanisms and policies, Vietnamese enterprises are increasing their competitiveness in domestic and global markets.