(VOVWORLD) -Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel were the first leaders to congratulate the French President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum is promoting its specialty, Ngoc Linh ginseng, as a tourism product.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 8,813 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day rise of infections over the past 5 months.

(VOVWORLD) - 88 professional athletes from Vietnam and Japan took part in a marathon on Pavi ancient stone road which ended on Sunday in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

(VOVWORLD) - The Friendship Journey 2022, a cultural exchange aiming at helping enhance Vietnam’s relations with international friends, was held in Hanoi’s Quoc Oai district on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The northern and central regions on Sunday began to experience a heat wave which is forecast to reach its peak from Monday to Wednesday, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport wants toll to be collected from cars entering the traffic-clogged inner districts as a means to reduce gridlock and pollution.

(VOVWORLD) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Ankara before heading to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a UN statement said on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin are to visit Kyiv on Sunday to discuss the Ukrainian crisis.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state, a local government official and an environmental group said.