(VOVWORLD) - Venice plans to experiment with an admission fee of 5 euros for day trippers next year to try to manage the flow of tourists drawn to its historic canals, the city council said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah on Wednesday on the sideline of the ongoing 43rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Jakarta, Indonesia.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi's largest promotional event, known as the 'Hanoi Promotion Month 2023', is set to commence on October 27, extending until the end of November.

(VOVWORLD) - US auto safety regulators said on Tuesday that 52 million air bag inflators produced by auto suppliers ARC Automotive and Delphi Automotive need to be recalled because they may rupture and send dangerous metal fragments flying.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Timor Leste counterpart Xanana Gusmao yesterday agreed to increase the exchange of delegations to promote the traditional friendship and connectivity between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab described Vietnam as a bright spot of economic growth after the COVID-19 pandemic at his meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 5.

(VOVWORLD) - Amid intense competition among major nations, in order to maintain ASEAN’s central role, the only answer is to harness the inherent strength and consolidate internal unity to assert strategic value, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Tuesday at a retreat on global and regional issues, as part of the ongoing 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Japan should strengthen strategic connectivity between the two economies and cooperation to help Vietnam build an independent and self-reliant economy, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said during talks in Hanoi on Tuesday with President of the House of Councillors of Japan Otsuji Hidehisa.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is in close contact with the United Nations on reviving the Black Sea grain initiative and he will discuss it with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at its general assembly this month, Turkish media reported.

(VOVWORLD) - The world is losing the race to meet its climate change goals, the president of the upcoming COP28 summit said on Tuesday, as African leaders called for changes to what they say is an unfair international climate finance system.