(VOVWORLD) -The Government on Wednesday issued a resolution outlining an action program to strengthen the great national solidarity bloc for a more prosperous and happier country.

(VOVWORLD) -It will be very difficult for countries to agree on a new global treaty to tackle plastic pollution by the end of this year as planned, said Virginijus Sinkevicius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday talked by phone with Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo about China's actions in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam), which Manila and Washington have called escalatory.

(VOVWORLD) -The Israeli army on Wednesday launched several airstrikes which caused casualties on all three fronts – the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon, and Syria.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese State President To Lam hosted a grand welcome ceremony with 21-cannon salute for Russian President Vladimir Putin at noon on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday handed over the State President’s decisions to deploy three officers to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

(VOVWORLD) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a state-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong.

(VOVWORLD) - Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen's Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on Wednesday for visiting Director General of Russia's Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation A.E.Likhachev, during which the host asked the Russian side to continue supporting Vietnam in training human resources in nuclear science.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Hanoi on Wednesday night, starting a state visit to Vietnam.