(VOVWORLD) - China’s Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen and his US counterpart Marisa Lago met in Washington on Thursday, signaling both countries’ intention to control their increasing trade tensions and disagreements.

(VOVWORLD) - Israel said it approved the reopening of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza and the temporary use of Ashdod port in southern Israel, following US demands to increase humanitarian aid supplies into Gaza.

(VOVWORLD) - Rescuers in Taiwan (China) faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in Friday's search for a dozen people still missing from this week's earthquake, as the death toll rose to 12 while some of those stranded were brought to safety.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia's Federal Security Service detained three more suspects in connection with the Moscow terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, Russian state media reported Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is unacceptable and warned him to take steps to address the crisis or face consequences.

(VOVWORLD) - Thua Thien-Hue province welcomed more than 890,000 tourists in the first quarter, an increase of 40% over the same period last year, with international visitors increasing 75%.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria, in collaboration with Algeria’s daily newspaper El Moudjahid, organized a press conference on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7, 1954) and the signing of the Geneva Accords to end the war in Vietnam (July 21, 1954).

(VOVWORLD) - There have been no reported casualties of Vietnamese people since strong earthquakes and aftershocks hit Taiwan (China) on Wednesday, according to the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei.

(VOVWORLD) - A project to grow one million hectares of high-quality rice with a process yielding low-emissions was launched in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau served more than four million visitors in the first quarter of this year, an increase of nearly 13% over the same period last year, the provincial Department of Tourism said Thursday.