(VOVWORLD) -An Ao Dai Festival themed “Pride of Heritage” on Wednesday celebrated Vietnam’s traditional long dress, the 70th anniversary of Hai Phong Liberation Day (May 13) and the Red Flamboyant Festival.

(VOVWORLD) -After two days of conclave, on Thursday afternoon, the crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers as white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the Vatican now has a new Pope, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, who takes the name Leo XIV.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam arrived in Moscow on Thursday evening for an official visit to Russia and attendance at the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

(VOVWORLD) -General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam on Thursday met with Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov, as part of his state visit to the Central Asian country.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly on Thursday attended the inauguration ceremony of a memorial room featuring the bond between President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam-Azerbaijan oil and gas industry at the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University in Baku.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a phone call with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday following the successful conclusion of Singapore’s 14th parliamentary election, which resulted in a victory for the People’s Action Party (PAP).

(VOVWORLD) - The border situation between India and Pakistan is becoming tense after a series of serious military clashes, including gun battles, air strikes, and cross-border attacks.

(VOVWORLD) - China and Russia have found a right path of state-to-state interactions between neighboring major countries, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday in a statement written upon his arrival in Moscow for a state visit to Russia and attendance at the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Commission is drawing up more countermeasures targeting up to 100 billion euros (113 billion USD) worth of US goods in response to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on EU exports.

(VOVWORLD) - Senior officials of South Korea, the United States, and Japan expressed concern over North Korea's missile launch on Thursday, which South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) identified as a short-range ballistic missile. The three countries agreed to respond firmly through close trilateral cooperation.