[VOVWORLD] - The 23rd ASEAN Chiefs of Defense Forces Meeting (ACDFM-23), themed “Together Ensuring Our Future,” was held online on Thursday.

[VOVWORLD] - At the invitation of Slovakia’s Ministry of Defense, a delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense attended the International Defense and Security Technology Exhibition Bratislava (IDEB 2026), held in the Slovak capital of Bratislava from May 12–14.

[VOVWORLD] - The first multilateral peacekeeping exercise, “Pan-Regional Army Partnership for Development and Innovation in the Indo-Pacific” (PRAGATI-I), hosted by the Indian Army, began on Wednesday at the Umroi Military Training Center in Meghalaya State, India.

[VOVWORLD] - General Secretary and State President To Lam has stressed the need to foster a quantum innovation ecosystem involving the State, research institutes, universities, enterprises, and defense-security agencies.

[VOVWORLD] - The UK on Wednesday struck a historic trade deal with 6 member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam-Bangladesh bilateral trade turnover is consistently above 1.1 billion USD and is expected to reach 2 billion USD in the coming years, said Vietnam’s Ambassador to Bangladesh, Nguyen Manh Cuong.

[VOVWORLD] - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday concluded a two-day state visit to China during which the two presidents agreed to extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, strengthen comprehensive strategic coordination, and deepen bilateral cooperation.

[VOVWORLD] - US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg convened the inaugural US-ASEAN AI Ministerial in Singapore on the sidelines of Asia Tech x Singapore on Wednesday.

[VOVWORLD] - A project on sustainable development mechanism of small-scale handicrafts in rural and mountainous areas of Da Nang City was reviewed on Wednesday.

[VOVWORLD] - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States was ready to proceed with ​further attacks on Tehran if Iran did not agree to a peace deal, but suggested Washington could wait a few days to "get the right answers."