(VOVWORLD) - The 80th National Day celebration is expected to engage some 40,000 participants, including esteemed guests, military officers, and members of the public, the event’s organizing committee said at a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -US-based tech giant Qualcomm launched a new artificial intelligence research and development (AI R&D) center in Vietnam on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Gia Lai provincial police department held a get-together with 28 children, either adopted or sponsored by members of the force on Tuesday, in celebration of the Action Month for Children 2025.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary To Lam on Wednesday stressed the important role of communication, education and mass mobilization in the new situation, and asked the sector to keep renewing their mindset from traditional to modern, to meet the higher requirements of national development.

(VOVWORLD) -As Vietnam is focusing on institutional reform, developing modern and smooth infrastructure, improving the quality of human resources, and striving to achieve the growth target of 8% this year and double digits in the following years, Vietnam invites French enterprises to invest in and accompany Vietnam to achieve these goals, and cooperate for mutual development, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

(VOVWORLD) - Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Norway, and the UK have announced sanctions on two Israeli ministers for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

(VOVWORLD) -Lawmakers on Wednesday discussed the National Assembly’s draft resolution which proposes extending the agricultural land use tax exemption period until December 31, 2030 instead of December 31, 2025.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnamese Ministry of Defense delegation led by Major General Nguyen Ba Luc, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, is now in Indonesia to attend the 10th Indo Defense Expo & Forum (Indo Defense).

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife on Wednesday laid a wreath in memory of President Ho Chi Minh and visited the Ho Chi Minh space in Montreuil city, where images and memorabilia about his life and career in France are kept.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh on Wednesday outlined the Politburo's Conclusion on building financial centers in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang this year, aiming to make them ranked among the 75th leading financial centers in the world according to the Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI) by 2035 and the top 20 by 2045.