(VOVWORLD) -The leaders of Russia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Italy and Mongolia on Friday sent messages of congratulations to Vo Van Thuong on his election as the President of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia and Azerbaijan Dang Minh Khoi has emphasized Vietnam’s policies of putting people at its center and its its duo goals for both disease control and socio-economic development, which has helped Vietnam gain an impressive growth rate of 8.02% last year.

(VOVWORLD) -The US imposed new sanctions Thursday on Iran’s petrochemical sector and some shipping companies, according to the US Treasury Department's website.

(VOVWORLD) -A ceremony for a program called “March of Border” was held on Friday at the border crossings in Lang Son, Quang Tri, and Kien Giang province.

(VOVWORLD) -Female workers make up about 37% of the workforce in the technology sector in Vietnam, higher than the world’s average of 25%. However, the majority of women take on positions such as marketing, sales, administration and human resources rather than technical roles like software developers, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast delivered its first 45 cars to customers in California this week, its first sales outside Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Starting July 1 of this year, newly acquired vehicles might no longer be required a mandatory mechanic examination during registration for road use under a new policy being mulled.

(VOVWORLD) - More than half of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States will announce a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday, worth roughly 400 million USD and comprised mainly of ammunition, two officials and a person familiar with the package said.

(VOVWORLD) - China has a "stunning lead" in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defence, space, energy and biotechnology.