(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has requested the People’s Committees of Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province to urgently study the recommendations of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to review and update a nomination dossier for obtaining a UNESCO recognition of “Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago” as a world heritage site.

(VOVWORLD) -More than 80 representatives of member countries, including Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, attended the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Meeting entitled “Non-Aligned Movement: united and steadfast in confronting emerging challenges."

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on Friday signed a decision to establish the Institute of Environment, Sea and Islands Science under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam values its traditional friendship and cooperation with Egypt, one of the first states in the Middle East and Africa to establish diplomatic ties with Vietnam, said Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

(VOVWORLD) -Given the Central Highlands’s strategic position in Vietnam, developing socio-economy and safeguarding national defense, security and external relations are the most fundamental solutions, according to a meeting in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - An exhibition themed “Dialogue with Hang Trong folk paintings” opened at Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Fireworks teams from France and Italy who are finalists of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2023 said they are ready for their last performances on Saturday, after four nights and performances by eight teams around the world.

(VOVWORLD) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is making progress on inspecting several parts of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine after claims it had been mined, said Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi on Friday in Tokyo.

(VOVWORLD) -After a tripartite meeting of senior officials from Turkey and Sweden in Brussels on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Turkey hasn’t been ready to ratify Sweden’s membership in NATO.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 12.25 billion USD in the first half of 2023. The domestic market strongly recovered with retail sales of consumer goods and services increasing 10.9%, according to a review conference in Hanoi on Friday.