[VOVWORLD] - The UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) was launched on May 29, 1948, marking the beginning of UN peacekeeping operations. Since then, May 29 has been observed annually as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.

[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong have agreed to maintain high-level exchanges and further strengthen bilateral cooperation through the establishment of a Strategic Dialogue mechanism between the Communist Party of Vietnam and Singapore’s People’s Action Party.

[VOVWORLD] - 123 outstanding digital platforms, services, and solutions were honored at the 2026 Sao Khue Awards ceremony in Hanoi on Thursday. The awards are sponsored by Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology.

[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam have agreed to deepen Vietnam-Singapore economic cooperation in a more substantive, high-quality, and effective manner.

[VOVWORLD] - Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission in Geneva, delivered remarks on Thursday at Japan’s 16th Trade Policy Review session at the WTO headquarters in Switzerland.

[VOVWORLD] - Regional media are closely following the visits by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam to Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines.

[VOVWORLD] - The United States and Iran reached ​an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources told Reuters, though U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to approve ‌it and Iranian state media said it had not been finalized.

[VOVWORLD] - The Vietnam AI Innovation Challenge 2026 was launched in Hanoi on Thursday, a milestone in advancing Vietnam’s innovation ecosystem in the era of artificial intelligence.

[VOVWORLD] - The World Health Organization recommended prioritizing three experimental treatments for the Bundibugyo strain ​of Ebola, including Mapp Biopharmaceutical's MBP134, Regeneron's maftivimab and Gilead Sciences' ‌antiviral remdesivir.

[VOVWORLD] - Swiss authorities said Thursday that a stabbing attack at the Winterthur train station near Zurich that wounded three people was an "act of terrorism".