(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always prioritizes promoting social progress and equity, considering this as a goal, a task, and also a measure to boost sustainable development, Ambassador Mai Phan Dung told the ongoing 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always attaches importance to and looks to strengthen the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with the Dominican Republic, said Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

(VOVWORLD) - Singapore’s maritimefairtrade.org recently published an article on the recovery of the Vietnamese economy, citing the latest World Bank Taking Stock bi-annual economic update that Vietnam’s growth is forecast to reach 5.5% in 2024 and 6% by 2025.

(VOVWORLD) - The highest level of security measures are being imposed for the Ukraine peace conference, which will open this Friday in Switzerland, said Swiss officials.

(VOVWORLD) - Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others on board a military aircraft that went missing on Monday were killed in a plane crash, President Lazarus Chakwera said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Hamas accepts a UN resolution backing a plan to end the conflict with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said on Tuesday in what the US Secretary of State called "a hopeful sign".

(VOVWORLD) - Hundreds of Vietnamese and foreign artists are gathering in Thua Thien-Hue Province for the Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024, creating a colorful mosaic of cultures from all corners of the world.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam considers developing friendship and cooperative ties with China a strategic choice and a top priority in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification, and multilateralization of external relations, President To Lam told Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo at a reception in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Foreign ministers of the world’s emerging economies (BRICS) are meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, to discuss strengthening multilateralism, cooperation within BRICS and other forums, and expanding membership, including Turkey's application to join.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnamese peacekeepers on Monday were honored with the UN Peacekeeping Medal recognizing the efforts of Engineering Team No. 2 and the Working Group at the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) Mission.