[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam's railway operator will cut fares by 10 percent on North-South passenger trains from Wednesday through August 16.

[VOVWORLD] - The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday approved amendments to a decades-old "financial rule” that requires the UN to return unspent funds to member states, to help the organization cope with its financial troubles.

[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired a national conference on Wednesday to review one and a half years of implementing the Politburo’s Resolution No. 57 on breakthroughs in the development of science and technology, innovation, and national digital transformation.

[VOVWORLD] - Quang Ninh province on Tuesday announced its strategic planning schemes.

[VOVWORLD] - The 2026 Capital City Law comes into effect on Wednesday with unique and superior mechanisms and policies.

[VOVWORLD] - For the first time since the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the White House has publicly revealed the special security arrangements put in place to protect the Iranian national team.

[VOVWORLD] - At a meeting on August 25, 1946, Professor, Doctor, and People's Teacher Tran Huu Nghiep, together with a group of intellectuals and public figures living in Hanoi, submitted a historic petition to the National Assembly and the central government on behalf of the people of southern Vietnam, proposing that Saigon be renamed Ho Chi Minh City.

[VOVWORLD] - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that Venezuela faces an increased risk of infectious disease outbreaks as its healthcare system struggles to cope with the aftermath of two devastating earthquakes.

[VOVWORLD] - A number of new laws will take effect on July 1, including the Press Law 2025, the Capital City Law 2026, the E-commerce Law 2025, the Personal Income Tax Law 2025, the Digital Transformation Law 2025, the National Reserve Law 2025, the Cybersecurity Law 2025, and the Civil Servant Law 2025.

[VOVWORLD] - General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired a national conference in Hanoi on Wednesday to review the first year of operation of Vietnam's overall political system and its three-tier government model. The conference was held in a hybrid format, linking 3,651 venues nationwide and drawing the participation of more than 557,000 delegates from central and local agencies across the country.