(VOVWORLD) - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent state visit to Vietnam has created new momentum for multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - EU countries on Friday formally approved launching accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova next week, a landmark event for the two countries at the start of their long path towards joining the bloc. EU ministers will start negotiations first with Ukraine and then with Moldova in Luxembourg on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has urged the UN Security Council, with its function of maintaining international peace and security, to pay more attention and resources to the settlement of cyberspace-related challenges and cyber security-related aspects in preventing conflicts, preventing and controlling terrorism, and protecting essential infrastructure.

(VOVWORLD) - Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza on Friday, as well as other areas across the enclave, killing at least 45 Palestinians as troops engaged in close-quarter combat with Hamas militants, residents and Israel's military said.

(VOVWORLD) - President To Lam delivered a keynote speech at the 2023 National Press Awards, the highest award of the Vietnamese media, held in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam aims to renew traditional drivers of growth while promoting modern ones including the digital, circular, and knowledge economies to maintain high and sustainable growth.

(VOVWORLD) - The international media continued publishing articles on the state visit to Vietnam by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - A book on developing an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was launched in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on Friday that Vietnam is keeping a close watch on and is deeply concerned on learning of the recent ship collision between China and the Philippines near the Second Thomas Shoal.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always values and desires to foster friendly relations and comprehensive cooperation with Morocco, said National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man at a reception in Hanoi on Friday for Najib El Khadi, Secretary-General of the House of Representatives of Morocco and President of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments.