(VOVWORLD) - Ordinary passports with electronic chips will be issued for Vietnamese citizens from March 1, 2023, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Immigration Department.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) launched its 2022-2023 Whitebook, with the theme “Working Toward a Green Economy and Sustainable Development”.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia has requested that a UN Security Council meeting be held next Wednesday to discuss the Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said on his Telegram channel Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations called on the international community on Wednesday to provide funds worth 5.6 billion USD to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of civilians in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees in European countries.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to extend its sanctions mandate on Yemen through November, which will continue the asset freeze on Yemeni entities and travel ban on ten designated individuals.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged Ben Tre province to further tap into its advantages and develop their sea-based economy.

(VOVWORLD) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that a widespread outbreak of monkeypox remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, which the WHO officially declared last July when monkeypox spread beyond its traditional endemic areas in Africa.

(VOVWORLD) -At the start of a two-day meeting of NATO Defence Ministers on Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the urgency of delivering military aid to Ukraine quickly.

(VOVWORLD) -China accused the US on Wednesday of flying high-altitude balloons over the Chinese regions of Xinjiang and Tibet.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam's election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 term is a great success of multilateral diplomacy, Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet said at Wednesday’s inter-sectoral working group meeting in Hanoi.