(VOVWORLD) - The Strait of Hormuz remains open to all shipping except vessels linked to "Iran's enemies", Iranian media reports ‌published on Sunday quoted Iran's representative to the UN maritime agency as saying.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has defended the role of the UN in conflicts like the crisis in the Hormuz Strait, suggesting that the organization could be part of a plan to de-escalate attacks and retaliatory strikes and protect the crucial waterway.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 200 foreign diplomats, including ambassadors and chargés d’affaires in Vietnam, joined the “Friendship Spring Tour 2026” program, which took them to the Huong Son Special National Relic Site on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Ukrainian and US negotiators trying to move towards a settlement of the four-year conflict between Russia and Ukraine opened their latest round of talks in Florida on Saturday, with more discussions planned through the weekend.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their conflict, targeting energy and fuel facilities in the Gulf, which could again roil global energy and financial markets and deepen a regional crisis.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi on Sunday for a four-day official visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

(VOVWORLD) - Nearly 72 million voters cast their ballots in Vietnam’s recent National Assembly and People’s Council election, representing a turnout of 99.7% - the highest rate ever recorded - the National Election Council said at Saturday’s press conference in Hanoi announcing its resolution on the election results and the list of 500 deputies to the 16th National Assembly.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam stands at a historic crossroads in pursuing its global climate goals. High-level blueprints like Just Energy Transition Partnership and the Power Development Plan for 2021-2030 known as PDP8 are in place, but the true challenge is implementing them. Juhern Kim, Vietnam Country Representative of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), which is tasked with facilitating the mobilization of 1 billion USD in green financing for Vietnam by 2028, talked with VOV24/7 about opportunities and challenges facing Vietnam in achieving Net Zero by 2050.

(VOVWORLD) -The election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at various levels for the 2026-2031 term, held on March 15, was very successful, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said and called the event a great festival for the entire nation.

(VOVWORLD) - The just-concluded training course on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) supported by Canada has reaffirmed Vietnam’s engagement in advancing the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda and its contribution to UN peacekeeping operations.