[VOVWORLD] - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra and World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Vietnam Angela Pratt on Thursday agreed to promote effective cooperation between Vietnam and WHO for the goal of protecting people's health and sustainable development.

[VOVWORLD] - General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly met with King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at the Grand Palace on Thursday during their official visit to Thailand.

[VOVWORLD] - The 2026 Hue Vegetarian Food Festival opened on Thursday, bringing together 56 stalls with 100 vegetarian dishes from local temples, hotels, and restaurants.

[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and President To Lam arrived at Changi International Airport on Friday morning, beginning a 3-day state visit to Singapore. The Vietnamese leader is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue the same day.

[VOVWORLD] - As part of his official visit to Thailand, General Secretary and President To Lam met with leaders of several Thai corporations on Thursday afternoon in Bangkok.

[VOVWORLD] - A memorial and burial ceremony was held for the remains of 19 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos and were repatriated to Vietnam during the 2025–2026 dry season.

[VOVWORLD] - Military cooperation between Vietnam and Japan has recorded practical results in recent years, said Deputy Minister of National Defense, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang at a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki.

[VOVWORLD] - The Vietnam-Asia DX Summit 2026 opened in Hanoi on Thursday, bringing together more than 2,000 delegates from 12 economies, international organizations, and localities across Vietnam.

[VOVWORLD] - Russian President Vladimir Putin remains open to negotiations with Europe over the conflict in Ukraine as European Union foreign ministers have been discussing how to approach any possible future talks with Moscow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam’s Engineering Company Rotation 4 has received the highest classification of “exceptionally outstanding” in the recent Force Commander Evaluation conducted by the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), reaffirming the professionalism and operational capability of Vietnam’s blue-berets.