(VOVWORLD) -The Humanoid Robot Games opened on Thursday evening at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) and US tech giant Qualcomm Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Thursday, aiming to make Vietnam a major technology research and development center.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will inaugurate or break ground on 250 projects across 34 provinces and cities next Tuesday, to mark the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution in the run-up to National Day on September 2, the Ministry of Construction said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said Thursday that Vietnam values Mekong-Lancang cooperation and urges stronger joint efforts in the sustainable and effective management of its water resources.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam held a telephone conversation with President of the Cambodian People’s Party Hun Sen on Thursday at Cambodia’s request, to discuss measures to further strengthen relations between the two Parties and the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Senior Israeli officials have maintained a hardline stance that they will only negotiate a final deal to end the Gaza conflict if Hamas releases all 50 hostages in captivity.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, in coordination with the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication, Education and Mass Mobilization, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and the Hanoi municipal authorities, held a national workshop themed “The August Revolution and National Day -September 2 – Timeless Values and Enduring Vitality.”

(VOVWORLD) - King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and the Queen of Bhutan will pay a state visit to Vietnam from August 18 - 22.

(VOVWORLD) -The world’s oil supply will rise more rapidly than expected this year as OPEC+ members further increase their output and supply from outside the group grows, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, warning that “the latest data show lackluster demand across the major economies.”

(VOVWORLD) - At a high-level open debate of the UN Security Council early this week, Vietnam called on nations to uphold and fully comply with international laws, especially the UN Charter and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), for sustainable maritime security.