(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam ranks second in the world in cryptocurrency ownership with 21.2% of the population adopting crypto, according to data from the Crypto payment gateway Triple-A.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said Vietnam hopes for further help from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to restructure and solidify its preventive healthcare system during a reception for Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, regional director of the WHO for the Western Pacific, on Monday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) -A UN peacekeeping staff officer training course opened in Hanoi on Monday by the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations with the support of the US’s Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI).

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Industry and Trade will debut the Vietnam Import-Export Report 2023 on Thursday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) -Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the ironclad US commitment to Israel’s security and the shared objective of the defeat of Hamas during Sunday’s phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, according to the US Department of State.

(VOVWORLD) -Artworks by 14 Vietnamese artists were on display at Affordable Art Fair 2024 held in London from May 8-12.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Commission is scheduled to conduct its 5th inspection to determine Vietnam’s compliance with illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations this month.

(VOVWORLD) - Dinh Thi Hoa of Dak Lak province was crowned in the final round of the Miss Vietnam Tourism Ambassador pageant in Binh Thuan province, on Sunday. Hoa, 23, is a student at Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Trade University.

(VOVWORLD) - A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday accused the Israeli Government and Prime Minister Netanyahu of perpetuating the conflict by rejecting the ceasefire proposal put forward by Egypt and Qatar, which Hamas agreed to, while initiating an attack on innocent Palestinians in Rafah.