(VOVWORLD) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China's President Xi Jinping about a Chinese balloon that the US shot down early this month after it transited the United States.

(VOVWORLD) - Top label Louis Vuitton said this week it has hired Pharrell Williams to head artistic direction of its menswear designs, tapping a popular figure from the music industry to fill the high-profile position left vacant since the death of star designer Virgil Abloh over a year ago.

(VOVWORLD) - The world’s oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible will go on display in London next week before an auction in May where it could sell for up to 50 million USD, Sotheby’s said.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s Rescue Team on Thursday helped rescue a young earthquake victim in Turkey and provided humanitarian aid to Turkish people.

(VOVWORLD) - A Vietnamese warship and Singaporean Landing Ship Tank RSS Persistence completed a joint military exercise off the coast of Khanh Hoa on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - China has achieved a major and decisive victory in COVID-19 prevention and control since November, 2022, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee said at a meeting on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference on Friday in Hanoi to promote the safe, healthy, and sustainable development of the real estate market. The event was connected online with 63 localities across the country.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations launched an appeal for 1 billion USD Thursday to help victims in Turkey of last week's catastrophic earthquake that killed thousands of people and left millions more in desperate need of aid.

(VOVWORLD) - The Norwegian government on Thursday approved an aid package for Ukraine worth 7.4 billion USD to be spread out over five years. This package includes military support for Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam advocates building an independent and self-reliant economy, said Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu at the World Government Summit (WGS 2023) in Dubai.