(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son received Komura Masahiro, member of the House of Representatives and Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan pledged to promote "offer-based" development assistance instead of waiting for developing countries to request such funding in its annual economic aid policy document released by the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading the Caribbean country since the 2021 assassination of its last president.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, and Industry and Trade, and the World Wildlife Fund in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam) have called on people to join hands in reducing the carbon footprint, with an aim towards net zero emissions, in response to the Earth Hour campaign. They called on Vietnamese people to turn off their lights for Earth Hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on March 23.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has encouraged and created favorable conditions for coal-to-gas power transition projects, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said while receiving Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam, Keijo Novaron and the President and CEO for Wartsila Corporation, Hakan Agnevall in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan held bilateral meetings with Swiss President Viola Amherd and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa while attending the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Orchestra of the Royal Opera of Versailles is scheduled to perform Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons at Ho Guom Opera in downtown Hanoi on April 21 and 22, according to a press conference in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan met UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner on the sidelines of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women of the UN Economic and Social Council in New York on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Seaport System Development Master Plan in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050 includes the seaport system handling 1,330-1,612 million tons of goods and 18.8 million passengers by 2030, according to a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -The EU has evacuated its staff from Haiti in response to a security deterioration, as armed gangs have gained control of much of the capital, European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano said Monday.