(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi on Sunday for a State visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13 at the invitation of President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae Myung and his spouse.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Police Music Festival 2025 opened on Saturday in Hanoi drawing eleven bands representing eight nations.

(VOVWORLD) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas strongly condemned Israel’s plan to fully occupy the Gaza Strip on Friday, announcing that he would urgently engage with international actors, including the United Nations Security Council, seeking immediate and binding measures to halt Israel’s actions.

(VOVWORLD) - A seminar to review the 80-year development of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army will be held next Thursday by the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, the Institute of Military Strategy and History of Vietnam, and the Political Department of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army.

(VOVWORLD) - The Government on Friday issued a decree on granting temporary visa exemptions to certain foreign nationals eligible for incentives aimed at supporting socio-economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday lowered its forecast for global merchandise trade growth in 2026 to 1.8 percent from the previous estimate of 2.5 percent due to higher tariffs.

(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has once again dismissed speculation about his resignation and confirmed that he has no plans to reshuffle the Cabinet or make personnel changes in the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

(VOVWORLD) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone talk on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Friday that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be held in Alaska next Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University hosted the Vietnam Update 2025 conference, highlighting recent developments in Vietnam’s governance structure and policies on economic and trade, agriculture, and the environment.