(VOVWORLD) - European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks with Ukraine but they could not agree on a 50 billion euro package of financial aid for Kyiv due to opposition from Hungary.

(VOVWORLD) - Google said on Thursday it will begin testing a new feature on its Chrome browser as part of a plan to ban third-party cookies that advertisers use to track consumers.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam wishes to promote its comprehensive partnership with Canada in an effective and substantive manner, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told visiting Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Morrison in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Western sanctions, foreign policy, housing and social services, transportation, food prices, and the special military operation in Ukraine topped the agenda of President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference and phone-in held in Moscow on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam and China have agreed to build a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, striving for their peoples’ happiness and for the peace and progress of humankind, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation on Friday left Hanoi for the Commemorative Summit of the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and engage in bilateral activities in Japan.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday met with Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - President Vo Van Thuong received visiting Vice President of South Africa Paul Mashatile in Hanoi on Thursday, affirming that Vietnam attaches importance to the partnership for cooperation and development with South Africa.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and have bilateral activities in Japan from Friday to next Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP28, concluded on Wednesday in Dubai, the UAE, with the final text of the climate deal calling for transitioning away from fossil fuels. It marked the first time that firm action on fossil fuels has been agreed at a COP summit.