(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s aviation sector served 38.5 million passengers in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 9.4 percent, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

(VOVWORLD) - A diplomatic exchange has been held in the Czech Republic under the initiative of Jan Zahradil, head of the EU-Vietnam parliamentarians’ group, and the Union of Vietnamese associations in Europe.

(VOVWORLD) - Representatives from the United States and Russia are set to meet in Geneva on Wednesday to explore the concept of a new accord limiting nuclear arms.

(VOVWORLD) - Mark Esper was formally nominated to the position of defense secretary by the White House on Monday, a role he has been carrying out in an acting capacity since last month.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi Nguyen Duc Chung has praised the expanding cooperation between Vietnam and France during a meeting in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday chaired a working session with authorities of Mekong Delta provinces and Ho Chi Minh City to discuss inputs for the five-year socio-economic plan until 2025 and a 10-year socio-economic development strategy until 2030.

(VOVWORLD) - The 11th air quality monitoring station in Hanoi was installed at the French Embassy on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Thong Nhat (Reunification) Express, also called the North-South railway route, has been listed by the Russia’s Sputnik news agency among the ten most beautiful of its kind in the world.

(VOVWORLD) - The height of the Fansipan peak in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, the highest mountain in Indochina, was actually 3,147.3 metres, according to the Department of Survey Mapping and Geographic Information under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s women national football team have retaken their spot as the top team in Southeast Asia in the latest FIFA rankings.