(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to pay an official visit to Russia from November 29 to December 2, at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. This will be Phuc’s first official visit to Russia as the Vietnamese President.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Tokyo on Thursday (local time), concluding his official visit to Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's accession to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s Copyright Treaty (WCT) not only meets the country's commitment in a number of new-generation free trade agreements of which it is a member, but also provides an effective legal foundation for the protection of copyrights on digital platforms, said Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam in Geneva.

(VOVWORLD) - The UNESCO decision to, together with Vietnam, commemorate the birth and death anniversaries of classical poets Nguyen Dinh Chieu and Ho Xuan Huong demonstrates this organisation and the international community’s recognition of the country’s cultural and ethical values, as well as the traditional fondness for learning and the thought on gender equality and liberation of women.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Innovation Network in Chinese Taipei (VIN Taiwan) was announced in Hanoi on Wednesday by Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong and Nguyen Anh Dung, Director of the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Chinese Taipei.

(VOVWORLD) - China has protested the US’s invitation of Chinese Taipei to the upcoming Summit for Democracy from December 9-10.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam targets net zero emissions by 2050, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the UK, in early November.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN General Assembly discussed equitable representation on, and an increase in the membership of the Security Council at a meeting on Wednesday attended by 170 countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has been elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the 2021-2025 term.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will begin an official visit to Russia next Monday at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.