(VOVWORLD) -Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, was officially designated as World Capital of Architecture for 2023 by UNESCO at a ceremony in the City Council on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday offered incense in memory of Prime Minister Pham Van Dong and General Vo Nguyen Giap at their homes in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) -Speaking at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva confirmed an IMF forecast for global growth to decelerate to 2.7% this year from around 3.2% last year.

(VOVWORLD) -Russia has expanded its entry ban list of European Union citizens and officials, who are prohibited from entering Russian territory, in response to the EU's ninth package of sanctions against Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) kept global oil demand growth unchanged for 2023.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese people in Russia on Tuesday gathered in Moscow to make Chung (square sticky rice) cakes, the most typical dish of Tet, the Lunar New Year, the largest and most important festival of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on Tuesday delivered speeches at important sessions and held bilateral meetings at the 53rd World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

(VOVWORLD) - Press Secretary of the Ukrainian President Sergei Nikiforov on Tuesday said that Kyiv is ready to seriously consider resuming negotiations with Russia, but what Russia is now offering is an ultimatum.

(VOVWORLD) -Pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem lake at the heart of Hanoi will suspend activities during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival from this Friday (the 29th day of the last lunar month).

(VOVWORLD) -Nearly 500 overseas Vietnamese in the Netherlands and those evacuated from Ukraine on Sunday gathered at the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands for a celebration of the Lunar New Year, the biggest traditional festival in a year for Vietnamese.