(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with his counterparts from Cuba, Thailand, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and Algeria in New York city on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi appointed by the Taliban has asked to speak to world leaders at the 76th United Nations General Assembly in New York this week.

(VOVWORLD) - The 76th session of the UN General Assembly began at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, attended by leaders of more than 100 countries. Climate change, COVID-19, and security are set to dominate the discussion during the annual session.

(VOVWORLD) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday vowed to "act jointly" for an open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.

(VOVWORLD) - The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Tuesday lowered its 2021 growth forecasts for the world.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has over the past eight months maintained a trade surplus of 1.44 billion USD with six countries that ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that talks with world powers on reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will resume in a few weeks. Each meeting will require prior coordination and preparation of an agenda, said a Ministry spokesman.

(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had meetings with foreign leaders in New York on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training and the British Council in Vietnam co-hosted an online conference on Tuesday about preparing higher education for digital transformation. Bringing together 500 managers, lecturers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and students, the conference was part of the Going Global Partnership that the British Council in Vietnam is fostering until 2024.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam ranks 44th out of 132 countries and economies in the Global Innovation Index 2021 and is one of four middle-income economies with the potential to change the global innovation landscape.