(VOVWORLD) - More than 2,000 Vietnamese candidates joined the national qualifying round of the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang after its opening ceremony on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is one of the most important partners of Brazil in Southeast Asia, Eduardo Paes Saboia, Secretary for Asia and the Pacific at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, said at the Vietnam-Brazil meeting recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Brasilia.

(VOVWORLD) - The international watercolor painting exhibition “Colors of Cultures”, the largest of its kind in Vietnam so far, opened at Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Tourism Year and the Ban (Bauhinia) Flower Festival 2024 opened in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on Saturday evening with an art show involving 1,000 artists.

(VOVWORLD) - Haiti’s police launched an operation in a neighborhood of the country's capital - Port-au-Prince - controlled by the notorious gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, that left several criminals dead, an official said on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - The number of international cruise travelers to coastal cities in Vietnam’s central region has increased rapidly.

(VOVWORLD) -Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger– days after holding high-level talks with US diplomatic and military officials.

(VOVWORLD) - The US military said it destroyed a drone fired by the Yemeni Houthis on Saturday, with another presumed to have crashed into the Red Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that developing social housing and houses for workers is a pillar of social security policies as well as an effective measure to boost socio-economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - The first high-speed boat route connecting Vung Tau City and Con Dao Island in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province was launched last Friday.