(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has leaped two places in the Global Innovation Index (GII) in 2023, ranking 46th out of 132 countries and territories, according to a GII report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - President Vo Van Thuong shared joy with children during a mid-autumn festival celebration in Binh Phuoc province on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey, Russia, and Qatar are conducting telephone diplomacy to ensure that Russian grains go to African countries who are facing food shortages.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran must take "de-escalatory" steps on its nuclear program if it wants to make space for diplomacy with the United States, starting by cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), US State Department spokesman Matt Miller said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday announced a "pause in certain foreign assistance programs" to Gabon after a military takeover in the country last month.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received in Hanoi on Wednesday President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez who is leading a high-ranking delegation of the Cuban Party and State for a visit to Vietnam and for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the liberated zone of South Vietnam in September, 1973.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh is paying a visit to Kazakhstan from September 24 to 28.

(VOVWORLD) - Despite the weak external environment, the Vietnamese economy remains resilient, and recovery is expected to pick up in the near term, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director for Vietnam Shantanu Chakraborty.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey will ratify Sweden's membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if the United States approves the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

(VOVWORLD) - Israel's tourism minister traveled to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the first public visit by an Israeli minister to the kingdom, said Israel's Ministry of Tourism in a statement.