(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam considers the United States one of its most important strategic partners, Minister of National Defense General Phan Van Giang said, adding that cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war is a bright spot in the two countries' defense relations.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday received Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Urawadee Sriphihiromya, who has just begun her mission in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Pakistan should strengthen trade and investment cooperation and fully tap their potentials to bring two-way trade to over 1 billion USD, while expanding coordination in culture, education-training, tourism, and people-to-people exchange, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a reception for new Pakistani Ambassador Kohdayar Marri in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Yen Tu Spring Festival opened on Friday, the 10th day of the new lunar year, with rituals including drum beating, bell ringing, and praying for national peace and prosperity.

(VOVWORLD) - SunRice Group, Australia's largest rice producer and distributor which accounts for about 90% of the country’s rice market share, is interested in Vietnam's efforts to reduce carbon emissions, including the project on planting 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice in the Mekong Delta by 2030.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha attended a ceremony to launch the 2025 Tree Planting Festival and joined other delegates in planting 1,100 Caribbean pine trees in Uong Bi city, Quang Ninh province.

(VOVWORLD) - Thousands of residents and visitors are participating in a traditional wrestling festival which began Friday in Sinh village in Hue city.

(VOVWORLD) - Panama President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday rejected the US State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing US vessels to transit the Panama Canal for free.

(VOVWORLD) - A Bering Air passenger plane with 10 people on board was reported missing while en route from Unalakleet to Nome in the northwestern US state of Alaska, the state’s Department of Public Safety said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said at a meeting with foreign ambassadors in Tehran on Thursday that Iran has never sought to develop nuclear weapons, emphasizing that the mass killing of innocent people is strictly forbidden under the Islamic Republic’s doctrine.