(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh on Monday outlined Vietnam’s commitments to developing an international financial center as he addressed the annual conference of the World Alliance of International Financial Centers (WAIFC) in Frankfurt, Germany.

(VOVWORLD) -Israel’s navy on Wednesday blocked an international flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.

(VOVWORLD) - Europe is “in the most difficult and dangerous situation since the end of the Second World War,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned on Wednesday ahead of an informal summit of European Union leaders in Copenhagen.

(VOVWORLD) - Russian lawmakers and the European Parliament on Wednesday discussed the conflict in Ukraine and ways to restore economic and trade cooperation between Russia and European countries, according to the State Duma’s International Affairs Committee.

(VOVWORLD) -Cuban National Assembly President Esteban Lazo Hernandez on Wednesday expressed his wish to continue exchanging with Vietnam experiences and lessons learned in Vietnam’s renewal process and the implementation of strategic development policies.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump has pledged to treat any armed attack on Qatar as a threat to the United States' own security, according to a document published on Wednesday that says US forces could step in to defend the Middle Eastern nation.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is aiming to establish 100 innovation centers across the country, with at least one center in each province, city, ministry, and sector, according to the National Innovation Policy Forum held Wednesday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam called on Marvell Technology Inc. to expand investment in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on Wednesday for Sandeep Bharathi, President of its Data Centre Group.

(VOVWORLD) - A big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) has been released back into its natural habitat at the Ton Dung Reservoir forest area, in Quang Ngai province.

(VOVWORLD) - China is expected to see about 2.36 billion passenger trips nationwide during the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday starting Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Transport.