[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam has urged UN Women to ensure its new strategic plan remains driven by national priorities and responsive to local needs, as the agency begins implementing its 2026–2029 agenda.

[VOVWORLD] - The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a large-scale operation to evacuate more than 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam’s National Tourism Authority has announced that Con Dao topped Travel + Leisure magazine’s list of the world’s 30 most secluded and unspoiled islands, earning recognition as one of the planet’s most remarkable off-the-grid destinations.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam and New Zealand are working to deepen their strategic partnership through expanded cooperation in trade, education, agriculture, science and technology, officials said following talks in Hanoi on Tuesday.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam has called on global shipping giant Maersk to deepen cooperation in green transformation, clean energy development and sustainable logistics during a meeting in Hanoi on Tuesday between Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc and Robert Maersk Uggla, Chairman of A.P. Moller Holding (APM Holding) and Chairman of Maersk Group, a member of APM Holding.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam always values and gives high priority to relations with India – a loyal, trusted and longstanding friend with deep historical and cultural ties, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man said while receiving newly appointed Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Tshering Wangchuk Sherpa in Hanoi on Tuesday.

[VOVWORLD] - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for political will to accelerate and finish the global HIV fight during a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly.

[VOVWORLD] - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has said that lawmakers will convene for an extraordinary session in August. He made the announcement at the closing meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee in Hanoi on Tuesday.

[VOVWORLD] - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has underscored the importance of a national digital architecture framework to ensure consistency and interoperability from the central to local levels.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam is planning a major expansion of its national research infrastructure, with ambitions to establish a network of advanced laboratories and research centers capable of driving innovation in strategic technologies and strengthening the country's competitiveness in an increasingly technology-driven world.