(VOVWORLD) - 2025 marks a significant milestone for the Ministry of Science and Technology, as it is the first year in which the entire sector has implemented the Politburo’s Resolution 57 on the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation, according to a conference in Hanoi on Friday reviewing the Ministry’s performance in 2025 and outlining key tasks for 2026.

(VOVWORLD) - Somalians turned out in droves on Thursday to vote in local elections in the capital Mogadishu, the first elections by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signaled the country will continue to develop missiles in the next five years, as he visited major munitions enterprises in the last quarter of 2025, state media KCNA said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Egypt has sent its 102nd aid convoy to the Gaza Strip since late July, delivering 5,900 tons of urgent humanitarian and winter relief supplies, the Egyptian Red Crescent said Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -In 2025, the value of registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ho Chi Minh City totaled 8.37 billion USD, a 24% increase compared to 2024, indicating the city's attractiveness to foreign investors, the municipal Department of Finance told reporters on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam Customs on Thursday recognized the country’s total import-export turnover surpassing 900 billion USD for the first time, the highest level ever recorded and a significant achievement in its international economic integration.

(VOVWORLD) -From 2021 to 2025, nearly 7,000 sets of martyrs’ remains have been recovered nationwide; 103 remains been identified; and information on 2,560 graves in martyrs' cemeteries verified using empirical methods, according to a review conference in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary To Lam on Thursday called on authorities at all levels to strongly inspire the indomitable will, the fervent patriotism, and the determination to study and follow President Ho Chi Minh's example as the country is facing a historic moment to create new miracles.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s multilateral diplomacy recorded many notable achievements in 2025 amid a world marked by instability, divisions and complex challenges, according to Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

(VOVWORLD) - The timely issuance of legal documents and the effective implementation of 21 projects have enabled the clearance of nearly 188,000 hectares of land contaminated with landmines and unexploded ordnance in Vietnam over the past five years, an average of about 40,000 hectares per year.