[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam will receive nearly 72 million USD from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through a results-based payment mechanism, corresponding to independently verified greenhouse gas emission reductions.

[VOVWORLD] - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that preparations for the first session of the 16th National Assembly, scheduled to begin next Monday, have been largely completed.

[VOVWORLD] - US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that US forces have achieved “overwhelming victories on the battlefield” during the past four weeks of military operations against Iran.

[VOVWORLD] - The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) held a conference on Thursday to implement the Politburo’s decision on its functions and tasks as a public service unit under the Party Central Committee.

[VOVWORLD] - Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said Vietnam has prepared contingency plans to protect its citizens and is coordinating with Iran and neighboring countries to ensure the safety of Vietnamese vessels, seafarers and nationals, as well as their evacuation from conflict zones.

[VOVWORLD] - President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Doan Minh Huan held separate meetings on Wednesday with the Australian and Indian ambassadors to Vietnam to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in training senior officials.

[VOVWORLD] - HCMC People’s Committee has issued a plan outlining activities to commemorate major national holidays and key historical and political events throughout 2026, including events to mark the 51st anniversary of the Liberation of the South on April 30 and the 140th anniversary of International Workers’ Day on May 1.

[VOVWORLD] - The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday released a further 2.3 million USD in aid for Cuba, “to help deliver food and safe drinking water to those who need it most.”

[VOVWORLD] - Iran launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and US bases in the Middle East on Wednesday, the 33rd day of the conflict.

[VOVWORLD] - Four astronauts blasted off on Wednesday for a voyage around the moon. NASA's Artemis II mission, its first crewed lunar mission in half a century, lifted off at the Kennedy Space Center at 6:35PM Wednesday, carrying US astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.