(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam always treasures the development and reinforcement of ties with traditional friends, including Kazakhstan, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said during a reception in Hanoi on Monday for Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

(VOVWORLD) - The dialogue on Sunday in Niamey between representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Niger military junta fell into a stalemate, making the atmosphere more tense with higher risks of an armed conflict in Niger.

(VOVWORLD) - Dutch online travel agency Booking.com has named Hanoi among the top five culinary gems in the Asia-Pacific, based on readers’ votes.

(VOVWORLD) - The Netherlands and Denmark will supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine with first deliveries due around New Year, the prime ministers of the two NATO countries announced on Sunday during visits by Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy.

(VOVWORLD) - 11 automobile number plates of 10 provinces and centrally-run cities will be put up for auction on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

(VOVWORLD) - The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ngan Thong glass bridge connecting the Valley of Love and Mong Mo Hill, two major tourist attractions in the resort city of Da Lat, was opened to the public last weekend after four years of construction, making it the first-ever of its kind there.

(VOVWORLD) - India's space agency on Monday released images its spacecraft took of the far side of the moon as it headed for an attempted landing on the lunar south pole, just days after the failure of a Russian lander.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of strategic cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA said on Monday, as South Korea and the United States kicked off annual military drills that Pyongyang sees as a rehearsal for war.

(VOVWORLD) - South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his support for an expansion of the BRICS group during a televised address to the nation, ahead of the group’s 15th summit in Johannesburg from Tuesday to Thursday.