(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday asked the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to share experiences, provide policy advice and support Vietnam in improving its competitiveness, towards meeting the OECD's global governance standards.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, visited and worked at the Border Guard Command on Wednesday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s total fertility rate (TFR) hit a historic low at 1.91 in 2024, down from 1.96 in 2023, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO)’s mid-term population and housing survey.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre on Wednesday re-enacted the Neu pole erecting ceremony, an important ritual that signals the beginning of the Lunar New Year celebration which was once held in the former Royal Palace during the Nguyen Dynasty.

(VOVWORLD) - A ceremony to get 73 households in Nam Cum village of Dien Bien province connected to the national power grid was held on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - As glaciers disappear at an alarming rate due to climate change, the UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.

(VOVWORLD) -UN agencies responded on Tuesday to President Trump’s executive orders ending both US membership of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the massive potential negative impact on public health and efforts to curb global warming.

(VOVWORLD) - The worshipping of the Kitchen God, which is part of Vietnam’s traditional New Year celebration, takes place on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Celebrating the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3), a national workshop entitled "The Communist Party of Vietnam - 95 years of steadfastness for the goal of national independence and socialism, building a prosperous and happy country" was held on Wednesday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) -On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025, President Luong Cuong on Wednesday visited and wished a Happy New Year to the officers and soldiers of the Security Guard Command at the Ministry of Public Security.