(VOVWORLD) -General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired a high-level meeting between the two Parties in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS said Sunday that it will ease sanctions imposed on Guinea and Mali, a day after announcing a similar decision for Niger, another country under military rule.

(VOVWORLD) - On Sunday, two years after the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, visited Kiev to express their support for Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) - Clay Firecracker Festival 2024 took place on Sunday at the Con Son-Kiep Bac national relic site in Hai Duong province, drawing 210 firecracker makers from seven local communes.

(VOVWORLD) - Two rounds of negotiations will be held in Qatar and Egypt to reach a truce between Hamas and Israel, Egypt's Al-Qahera News reported Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Multiple social security activities for the people in border areas and border guards were held on Sunday in Buon Don district, Dak Lak province, as part of Youth Month 2024.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will begin blocking signals for non-compliant 2G mobile phones as part of its broader plan to fully phase out the 2G service this year, according to the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority (VTA) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

(VOVWORLD) - A campaign named “Million steps of kindness” was launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) and the Vietnam Youth Federation on Sunday to call on the community to engage in physical activities to raise donations to the needy.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Nguyen Huy Dung had a working session with Governor of Luxor Mustafa Mohamed Alham Khaled on Sunday to discuss measures to further strengthen cooperation between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel guidance platform, has announced the Travelers' Choice Best of the Best Destinations 2024, naming Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh in list of best natural destinations for 2024.