(VOVWORLD) - US authorities reported that a gunman took staff members hostage at UPMC Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania on Saturday before being fatally shot by police in a confrontation that also claimed the life of an officer.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria, in collaboration with Algeria’s largest shopping mall Bab Ezzouar, organized an exhibition booth on February 22 (local time) to introduce Vietnamese products to local consumers in capital Algiers

(VOVWORLD) - Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone met with leaders of the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, urging the company to expand its investment in industrial rubber processing in Laos

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session with Cambodian PM Hun Manet and Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday over the agreements outlined in the conclusions of the high-level meeting among the three countries’ Party leaders earlier the same day.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam held a high-level meeting with President of the Cambodian People's Party and President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen, and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - A US federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to continue dismantling the US Agency for International Development — with a court order on Friday clearing the way for thousands of staff to be placed on administrative leave, and more than 1,400 to be pulled from their posts overseas.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam rode the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line (metro line No.1) as part of his working trip to Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - The 2nd ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) will take place in Hanoi on February 25-26. This is an important event to promote regional cohesion and create a platform for governments, businesses, and NGOs to discuss the future of ASEAN.

(VOVWORLD) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday visited the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank, urging the army to intensify its month-long military operation.

(VOVWORLD) - Quang Nam province concluded the 2024 National Biodiversity Recovery Year, themed "Living in Harmony with Nature” on Friday.