(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam is stepping up efforts to secure a sovereign credit rating upgrade and deepen access to global capital, with HSBC expected to play a key advisory role in the process.

(VOVWORLD) - Addressing the consequences of landmines and unexploded ordnance is both a technical task of clearing war remnants and a vital effort to ensure human safety and support socio-economic development, said Colonel Nghiem Xuan Long, Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC).

(VOVWORLD) -European leaders on Sunday voiced strong protests after Israeli security forces prevented Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a major liturgy.

(VOVWORLD) - A documentary on Son Doong Cave in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province was aired on Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes”, marking a significant media milestone for Quang Tri’s tourism sector as well as for the World Natural Heritage site of Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park.

(VOVWORLD) -Podcast – a rapidly developing audio content in the digital format – will be included in this year’s National Radio Festival for the first time, Vice President of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and chief organizer Pham Manh Hung told a press conference in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, attended and delivered a speech at a ceremony in Hanoi on Monday to celebrate the 75th anniversary the Central Military Hospital 108 and to award the Ho Chi Minh Order to the hospital.

(VOVWORLD) -The Central Military Commission on Monday approved the content of its Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 12th Party Congress of the Vietnam People's Army, term 2025-2030; and the Resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreign ministers from Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia convened in Islamabad on Sunday to discuss ways to end the conflict in the Middle East and restore maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

(VOVWORLD) - French police on Sunday arrested two more suspects possibly involved in a foiled attack on Bank of America's Paris offices. A previously arrested suspect is still in custody.

(VOVWORLD) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday that Russia appreciated the recent visit of a Russian State Duma delegation to the US and considered it an important step toward restoring bilateral dialogue, which has declined to its lowest point in years.