(VOVWORLD) - NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday he expected Hungary's parliament to ratify Sweden's accession as soon as it reconvenes at the end of February, clearing the final hurdle for the Nordic nation to join the Western military alliance.

(VOVWORLD) - Meet Da Nang 2024, a program aimed at introducing the central city’s image, strength, and readiness for international integration, was held by the municipal People’s Committee on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue asked the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to speed up administrative reform and improve the investment environment right in early 2024 while holding a working session with the provincial Party Committee's Standing Board on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a meeting with representatives of donors and foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam on Friday on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival.

(VOVWORLD) - State President Vo Van Thuong on Friday visited the central drilling rig of the Cuu Long Joint Operating Company (Cuu Long JOC), offering New Years wishes to its officials and engineers representing the 60,000-strong workforce in the oil and gas industry, in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

(VOVWORLD) - An international luxury cruise ship named “Dream Cruise” of Chengzhen Cruise Ships carrying 400 international tourists arrived on Friday at Ha Long International Cruise Port to visit Quang Ninhprovince.

(VOVWORLD) - The central city of Da Nang will establish the Da Nang Semiconductor and Artificial Intelligence Center for Research and Training (DSAC), making it the first location in Vietnam to have such a facility.

(VOVWORLD) - Israel will attack Lebanon if Hezbollah doesn't withdraw from the border area in southern Lebanon, said Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - A health warning from South Korea's food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice went viral in social media posts.

(VOVWORLD) - The Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) expects 1,000 international observers from 95 countries to monitor Russia’s upcoming presidential election, CEC head Ella Pamfilova said on Wednesday.