(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Thursday that no Vietnamese citizens have been reported affected in the major fire in Hong Kong (China).

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly deputies on Thursday discussed draft revisions to the Investment Law, praising the draft law’s breakthrough provisions, including reducing and simplifying procedures, narrowing and clarifying the scope of projects requiring investment policy approval, increasing transparency for conditional business lines, and strengthening decentralization.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Council’s 15th meeting in Hanoi on Thursday to prepare for the 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress.

(VOVWORLD) - “Mua do (Red Rain)”, directed by Dang Thai Huyen, won the Golden Lotus for Best Feature Film – the most prestigious category of the Vietnam Film Festival – at the festival’s 24th edition, which ended in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh received UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific June Kunugi, and Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Sophie Kiladze in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A group of army officers said they have seized power in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday, on the eve of the expected announcement of results from a hotly contested presidential election.

(VOVWORLD) - Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot at a metro station near the White House on Wednesday, just a day before Thanksgiving.

(VOVWORLD) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday that it has reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine that may unlock a 4-year support program worth 8.2 billion USD.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters signed an Action Plan to realize the bilateral Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for 2025-2030 during a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong (China) apartment complex that has killed at least 44 people and left nearly 300 missing may have been spread by unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work, police said on Thursday.