(VOVWORLD) - French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed just ahead of the deadline that he plans to run for re-election next month.

(VOVWORLD) - The US military has set up a direct communications channel with the Russian military to prevent “miscalculations” or “escalation” over Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania on Thursday carried 190 Vietnamese people from Moldova to Romania to escape the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

(VOVWORLD) - Leaders of the Quad grouping of countries - the United States, India, Australia and Japan - agreed on Thursday that what is happening to Ukraine should not be allowed to happen in the Indo-Pacific.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health has reached agreement with Pfizer to set out an estimate and a bidding plan, with the aim to bring 7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for children to Vietnam within this month, and the remaining 15 million in the fourth quarter, Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the need to set up humanitarian corridors for fleeing civilians and a possible ceasefire around them, both sides said after their talks on Thursday. Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said the talks had made "substantial progress."

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested the COVAX Facility continue its supply of COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam, especially vaccines against new variants, during his phone talks with Managing Director of the COVAX Facility Aurelia Nguyen on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Leaders of the Quad security dialogue, including the US, Japan, Australia, and India, will hold a virtual summit on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania will quit two international banks which count Russia as their largest shareholder following Moscow's military operation in Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) - Head of the UN mission in Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said it has become clear that truly assisting the Afghan people will be all but impossible without working with Taliban authorities.