(VOVWORLD) - President of the European Council António Costa will pay an official visit to Vietnam on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of Vietnamese President Luong Cuong.

(VOVWORLD) - The British government said Sunday that it will unveil plans this week to create a new national police force, dubbed the “British FBI,” to take charge on complex investigations such as counterterrorism, fraud, online child abuse, or criminal gangs.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraq’s parliament will convene on Tuesday to elect the country’s new president, who will then appoint a prime minister, expected to be Nouri Al-Maliki, who was endorsed by the largest Shiite bloc.

(VOVWORLD) - Saudi Arabia’s Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia have agreed to indefinitely postpone the 2029 Asian Winter Games, scheduled to be held at a mountain resort near the futuristic NEOM project.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Monday said that at the end of the 2021-2025 term, Vietnam achieved major socio-economic results with growth reaching 8.02% in 2025, creating a foundation for breakthrough development, rapid and sustainable growth in the next period.

(VOVWORLD) -The official welcoming ceremony for Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith, his wife, and the high-level delegation of the Lao Party and State on their state visit to Vietnam was held solemnly at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi according to the highest protocol reserved for heads of state. Party General Secretary To Lam and his wife presided over the welcoming ceremony.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam presided over an official welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -A historic winter storm on Monday swept across much of the United States, with nearly 250 million people in over 40 states under hazardous weather warnings. The blizzard claimed two lives. More than 850,000 people in the Southern US and other areas have been without power.

(VOVWORLD) -International press has been publishing numerous reports on the successful conclusion of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -A special art program themed "The Light of Faith and Aspiration" was held on Sunday evening in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the success of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930).