(VOVWORLD) - US President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed TikTok, trade and other issues in a phone call on Friday, just days before Trump takes office again.

(VOVWORLD) - Secretary of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Trong Nghia on Saturday presented 200 gifts to policy beneficiaries and disadvantaged people in Tien Giang province ahead of the 2025 Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Marshal of the Polish Senate Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska and Marshal of the Polish Sejm Szymon Hołownia in Warsaw on Friday as part of his official visit to Poland.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam welcomes the US Government’s recent decision to remove Cuba from its Department of State’s list of state sponsors of terrorism as well as the US’s steps toward easing sanctions against Cuba, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnamese Government is committed to always creating favorable conditions for Polish firms to invest and do business effectively and sustainably in Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said during a reception in Warsaw on Friday for Michal Fijol, Acting President of the Management Board of LOT Polish Airlines as part of his official visit to Poland.

(VOVWORLD) - The Southern Coastal Economic Zone of Hai Phong is expected to broaden the port city’s development space and growth momentum, according to a decision on establishing the zone announced on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Swiss television channel SRF recently aired a report on Vietnam, highlighting its remarkable economic achievements in recent years.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU on Thursday announced a humanitarian budget for 2025 of nearly 2 billion USD for more than 300 million people in need. With this package, the EU continues to be a leading global humanitarian aid donor.

(VOVWORLD) - The Indian Navy on Thursday joined eight other Indo-Pacific countries in the multinational naval exercise La Perouse 25. The exercise will be held until next Friday in the Malacca, Sunda and Lombok Straits, which are important sea lanes connecting the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

(VOVWORLD) - Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday.