[VOVWORLD] - Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau delivered a speech at the 31st Future of Asia Forum in Tokyo on Thursday, highlighting Vietnam’s vision for regional cooperation and sustainable development amid a rapidly changing global landscape.

[VOVWORLD] - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has called on the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to consider several cooperation orientations on official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam in the time to come, including support for Vietnam's industrialization and modernization, science, technology, innovation, labour productivity improvement, and national competitiveness enhancement.

[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on Thursday underscored the strategic importance of foreign affairs as a pioneering force in safeguarding national interests and creating favorable international conditions for Vietnam’s development in the new era.

[VOVWORLD] - The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off with a ceremony at the Estadio Azteca stadium in Mexico City on Thursday, just before group A's opening match between co-host Mexico and South Africa.

[VOVWORLD] - The UN will deploy a team of investigators to ​Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by ‌all parties involved in the conflict there, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Wednesday.

[VOVWORLD] - This year’s “Vietnam Goods Week” is being held simultaneously for the first time across AEON’s retail network in Japan, and other locations in Asia, including Hong Kong (China), Cambodia, and Malaysia.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam is committed to promoting effective and substantive ASEAN-New Zealand and ASEAN-UK cooperation beneficial to all sides, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang in Hanoi on Wednesday.

[VOVWORLD] - At the UN Security Council open debate in New York on Wednesday, Minister Counsellor Nguyen Hai Luu, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, called for dialogue, mediation, and political solutions to advance lasting peace in the Middle East, stressing that there can be no military solution to the region's challenges.

[VOVWORLD] - Soccer fans looking to bring the party to World Cup games will have to go without vuvuzelas, ​with FIFA banning the plastic horns from venues ‌in the US, Canada and Mexico in its stadium code of conduct. 

[VOVWORLD] - Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a new health zone in the northeastern province of Ituri, ​authorities said on Wednesday, as fresh infections underline ‌sustained transmission more than three weeks after the epidemic was declared.