(VOVWORLD) - The 2024 Hanoi Autumn Festival opened on Friday as part of activities to promote Hanoi tourism and celebrate the city’s 70th Liberation Day.

(VOVWORLD) - Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya has allocated 2 million USD from the Central Emergency Response Fund to kickstart the humanitarian response in support of localities affected by typhoon Yagi, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party and the State consider the development of the private sector an urgent and constant task in the process of fine-tuning the socialist-oriented market economy, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam left Hanoi on Saturday for the UN Summit of the Future and the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) in New York. He will hold working sessions in the US and later pay a State visit to Cuba.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party Central Committee has identified the successful implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress as the highest goal of the entire Party, the people, and the army in 2025, said Party General Secretary and President To Lam at the closing ceremony of the 10th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Phan Bich Thien, a Vietnamese expat in Hungary, has become the only foreign woman featured in a book highlighting 21 women of Hungary that have made significant contributions across various fields, from science, society, economy, to arts and sports.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU will grant a loan of up to 39 billion USD to Ukraine, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Professional and amateur athletes from 42 countries are competing at the 3rd Techcombank Hanoi International Marathon which opened in Hanoi on Friday. The official race will start on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam will leave Hanoi on Saturday for New York to attend the UN Summit of the Future and the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) and conduct working sessions in the US from Sunday to Tuesday.