(VOVWORLD) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday that she will step down as Prime Minister and leader of the Labor Party in February, as she will not be seeking re-election this year.

(VOVWORLD) -More than 10,000 police officers will be deployed in France on Thursday to ensure security during demonstrations against pension reform, the French Interior Minister said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam applauds the UN Special Committee Secretariat’s efforts in outlining the initial draft of a comprehensive international convention against the use of IT and communications technology for criminal purposes.

(VOVWORLD) -A discussion was held in Paris on Wednesday as part of a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, also known as the Paris Peace Accords.

(VOVWORLD) - Ambassadors and Chargé d'affaires to Vietnam from the G4 countries (New Zealand, Canada, Norway, and Switzerland) recently visited Village Chance - a complex of schools and apartments for disabled, poor, and orphaned children in Ho Chi Minh City - ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a meeting with leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) in Hanoi on Thursday, on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese people.

(VOVWORLD) -India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country this year, although its population growth is slowing, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The app Coffee and Tourism in Buon Ma Thuot city was launched on Wednesday, providing users with 37 featured cafes, 33 accommodation establishments, 15 tourist attractions and a number of food service businesses.

(VOVWORLD) -Dong Cuong Temple Festival, Van Yen district, Yen Bai province, was included in the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said the Vietnamese Government values the traditional friendship with Portugal as he received Portuguese Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho in Hanoi on Wednesday.