(VOVWORLD) - Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski has described the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Vietnam as exciting time, saying that at no time in history this relationship has been stronger or better than it is today.

(VOVWORLD) -The festival of UNESCO-honored Quan Ho folk singing and the recognition of three artifacts as National Treasure took place in the northern province of Bac Ninh on Saturday evening.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday called on the northern province of Hoa Binh to continue to strongly improve the business and investment environment, focus on administrative reform, build e-Government, and create an open, transparent, and equal business and investment environment.

(VOVWORLD) -On the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Australia, February 26, Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on Sunday sent a congratulatory letter to Australia’s Governor General David Hurley.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said this year Vietnam will focus on digitalizing data and sharing data between agencies and localities, protecting personal data, and using data more effectively to better serve businesses and people.

(VOVWORLD) - European manufacturers are considering investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Vietnam to build wind turbines plants, sources familiar with the situation said, as the country gears up to exploit its large untapped potential in offshore wind, according to Reuters.

(VOVWORLD) - Poland has delivered the first Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, the Polish defense minister said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that more talks between parliamentary groups are needed before lawmakers vote on the ratification of Finland and Sweden's NATO membership bids which they will begin debating next Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The recent rise in H5N1 cases is “worrying”, said Dr. Sylvie Briand, WHO’s director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union has approved a tenth package of Russia sanctions, the Swedish EU presidency said late on Friday.