(VOVWORLD) - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong received French Senate President Gérard Larcher in Hanoi on Thursday. The Party leader described the visit as a vivid manifestation of the development of bilateral friendship and cooperation and an important milestone in bilateral ties.

(VOVWORLD) - A national forum on the development of digital technology enterprises (Make in Vietnam Forum 2022), one of the biggest annual events of Vietnam’s digital technology industry, opened in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Qatar added yet another Guinness World Record to its credit Wednesday when the Ministry of Culture revealed the largest painting on canvas - equaling to the dimension of a football ground or 9,652sq m - by artist Imad Salehi.

(VOVWORLD) - The United States will continue to hold joint military exercises with South Korea and Japan to enhance the countries' defense capabilities, Yonhap news agency quoted John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and France have great potential to boost cooperation in sustainable development, energy, health care, and legislation, according to the two countries’ top legislators.

(VOVWORLD) - French Senate President Gérard Larcher attended a ceremony in Hanoi on Thursday to inaugurate the new headquarters of the French Institute in Vietnam, as part of his ongoing official visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - A document on Vietnam’s participation in the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled has been handed over to Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Daren Tang for legal copyrighting.

(VOVWORLD) -The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted Russia’s draft resolution on Further Practical Measures for the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space.

(VOVWORLD) - Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP) David Beasley lauded Vietnam’s reform achievements, especially in reducing poverty and ensuring food security, at a reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Hai Hung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the WFP, who came to present his credentials in Rome on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Taliban executed a murderer in Farah province this week, the first public execution since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August last year.