(VOVWORLD) - Experts from around the world gathered in Da Nang on Wednesday at a national conference on the East Sea (known internationally as the South China Sea) to discuss sci-tech cooperation for green and sustainable development.

(VOVWORLD) - The 13th Party Central Committee on Thursday closed its 14th plenum, agreeing on the number of members for the Politburo and Secretariat of the 14th tenure, personnel recommendations for these bodies, and other senior positions of the Party and State. The committee also reached consensus on preparations for the 14th National Party Congress.

(VOVWORLD) - The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Kalmaegi rose to 114 with another 127 people still missing, the disaster agency said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered his top officials to draft proposals for a possible test of nuclear weapons, something Moscow has not done since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has been elected a Vice President of the 43rd session of UNESCO’s General Conference, which is taking place in Uzbekistan from October 30 to November 13, 2025.

(VOVWORLD) - Dak Lak province in central Vietnam has issued the highest alert level for 12 coastal communes in response to the approaching Typhoon Kalmaegi.

(VOVWORLD) - "Princess Anio," an opera about the love between a Vietnamese princess and a Japanese merchant, has been adapted into a musical, following successful performances in Vietnam and Japan, the project's executive committee said at a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - An Giang province kicked off the 2025 Khmer Ethnic Culture, Sports, and Tourism Festival on Wednesday, which coincided with the Ok Om Bok Festival, also known as the "moon worshipping festival," one of the Khmer people's biggest traditional celebrations.

(VOVWORLD) - The US Federal Government's partial shutdown on Wednesday entered its 36th day, becoming the longest shutdown in US history.

(VOVWORLD) -Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports opened the 11th Capital Sports Festival 2025 on Wednesday, and it will run until December 15 at grassroots and city levels.