(VOVWORLD) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the military to intensify drills for a "real war," state media said on Friday, after overseeing a fire assault drill that it said proved the country's capability to counter an "actual war."

(VOVWORLD) - Drug and drug crimes have become a great danger to humanity and its economic, cultural, social, security, and defense consequences are serious, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at an online national conference held by the Ministry of Public Security in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - 43 Vietnamese travel agencies are introducing attractive tourism services at the 2023 International Travel Trade Show (ITB) in Berlin, Germany.

(VOVWORLD) - The Business Association of High Quality Vietnamese Products announced a list of 519 businesses on Thursday with products winning the high-quality title voted by consumers.

(VOVWORLD) - Travel inspiration platform Tripzilla has listed Hanoi on its list of the top 12 safest places for solo female travelers.

(VOVWORLD) - Promoting economic diplomacy is an important policy of the Vietnamese Party and State to strengthen national industrialization and modernization, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday at a conference to implement the government’s Action Program on Economic Diplomacy in 2023.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) Central Committee on Thursday handed over 100,000 USD each to Reed Crescent organizations of Turkey and Syria to support their earthquake recovery efforts.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Spokesperson for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received information that the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense has appealed the ruling of the Seoul court asking the RoK’s government to compensate Vietnamese victims for the massacre in Quang Nam in 1968.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to agree on Friday to begin negotiations on ensuring free-trade agreement-like status for the European Union, two sources familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. The leaders are set to meet in Washington on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Party and State always prioritize the work of protecting, caring for, and educating children, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha told Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam Rana Flowers during a reception in Hanoi on Thursday.