(VOVWORLD) - State President Luong Cuong on Saturday sent a message of congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on being elected as the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday agreed to adjust the investment plan for Gia Binh airport in the northern province of Bac Ninh, upgrading it from a level 3C airport serving national defense and security purposes to an international-level 4E dual-use (civil-military) facility.

(VOVWORLD) - Representatives from Australian and Vietnamese government agencies, businesses, academic institutions, and organizations have recently gathered at a business forum in HCMC to explore collaborative approaches to building smarter, greener, and more livable cities in Vietnam while strengthening economic and trade ties between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between VOV President Do Tien Sy and Ms. Irina Geresimova, General Director and Arts Director of the Russian Federal State Budgetary Institution for the organization, production, and broadcasting music, cultural, and educational programs under the Russian State Musical TV and Radio Center, Orpheus Radio.

(VOVWORLD) - India remains on heightened alert nationwide as tensions with Pakistan reach a critical level. On Saturday, authorities intensified security measures, particularly in the capital New Delhi and in the western border states, following a major Pakistani military response earlier in the day.

(VOVWORLD) - Top economic officials from the United States and China are meeting in Geneva on Saturday for high-stakes negotiations that could determine the fate of a global economy that has been jolted by President Trump’s trade war, reported the New York Times.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin affirmed that all political factions in the Duma support enhancing cooperative relations with Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Resolution 68 issued by the Politburo on May 4 marked the third breakthrough to qualitatively transforms the private economic sector, following the two key milestones of recognizing the private economic sector and granting business rights.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested for strong determination and necessary conditions to start the construction of the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong railway project on December 19.

(VOVWORLD) - Weightlifter Lai Gia Thanh won the first gold medal for the Vietnamese weightlifting team in the men's 55kg weight class on the opening day of the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jiangshan, east China's Zhejiang Province on Friday.