(VOVWORLD) -The third round of negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States in Geneva (Switzerland) concluded on Wednesday with both sides noting progress at the technical level, but differences on core political issues remained unresolved.

(VOVWORLD) -During the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, fishing ports in Quang Ngai have kept working with the port management board and border guard forces maintaining around the clock duty. They checked vessels entering and leaving the port, seafood production and vessel monitoring systems (VMS) to crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), and the EU co-organized a consultation workshop for Latin American and Caribbean member states of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in Panama City, Panama, last week.

(VOVWORLD) -The special aircraft carrying Party General Secretary To Lam and the high-level Vietnamese delegation touched down at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland (USA) on Wednesday noon (local time). The Party leader was set to attend the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace at the invitation of President Donald Trump, also the Board’s Founding Chairman.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran and the United States have reached consensus on a set of “guiding principles” during talks in Geneva, Switzerland, marking an important step forward in efforts to ease one of the world’s longest and most complex geopolitical tensions.

(VOVWORLD) - India and France have elevated their ties to Special Global Strategic Partnership, aiming to promote stability, prosperity, and global cooperation amid growing international uncertainties.

(VOVWORLD) - Sanae Takaichi was re-elected as Japan’s Prime Minister on Wednesday at an extraordinary session of the National Diet, following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) historic landslide victory in the February 8 general election.

(VOVWORLD) - The Huong Pagoda Tourism Festival 2026 opened Wednesday, the second day of Tet of Vietnamese Lunar New Year, and will run through May 11. The opening ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, the sixth day of the 1st lunar month.

(VOVWORLD) - The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam marks a historic milestone, paving the way for the country to enter a new era. The 14th National Party Congress identified foreign affairs as a vital and regular task which will be advanced in a comprehensive manner at a new level. On February 18, Party General Secretary To Lam published an article entitled “Advancing Comprehensive Diplomacy to a New Height.”

(VOVWORLD) - The 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions opened on Tuesday at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris, France.