(VOVWORLD) -3.3 billion USD of state budget was saved last year, according a report on practicing savings and combating waste in 2023 delivered to the National Assembly’s session in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - 100 Vietnamese and foreign artists, along with professional and amateur models, participated in the Vietnam Cultural Show London 2024 at Greenwood Theater, London, on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - An "attempted coup" in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was suppressed on Sunday by defense and security forces, said Sylvain Ekenge, spokesperson for the Congolese army.

(VOVWORLD) -French President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of the Defense and Security Council on Monday to discuss the recent riots in New Caledonia, France’s overseas territory in the Pacific.

(VOVWORLD) -President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, died in a helicopter crash in Iran’s northwest region.

(VOVWORLD) - A wreath laying ceremony was held at President Ho Chi Minh’s Monument to commemorate his 134th birthday on May 19th, during the Vietnamese Week in St. Petersburg, Russia.

(VOVWORLD) -"Vietnam Festival 2024" will take place on June 1 and 2 at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan told a press conference on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -Tran Thanh Man, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, was elected by deputies on Monday as Chairman of the National Assembly.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on Sunday led a delegation of Party and State officials to visit and congratulate Buddhist dignitaries, monks, and nuns in HCM city on the occasion of Vesak Day (the Lord Buddha's birthday) which will fall on May 22 this year.

(VOVWORLD) -The international community has reacted to the news that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed as it flew over mountainous terrain in heavy fog on the way back from a visit to the border with Azerbaijan on Sunday.