(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has requested strengthened communication efforts and the early development of Vietnam’s APEC national branding, while chairing the first plenary session of the National Committee for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) activities in 2027 in Hanoi on Thursday.
(VOVWORLD) - The US government on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two judges and two prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling the court "a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare" against the United States and its ally, Israel.
(VOVWORLD) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Iran “cannot completely cut cooperation” with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as new fuel rods to be installed at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant in the coming weeks will require IAEA inspectors’ supervision.
(VOVWORLD) - Russia said on Wednesday attempts to resolve security issues relating to Ukraine without Moscow's participation were a "road to nowhere".
(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations and several Western countries on Tuesday expressed concern about Israel’s newly approved resettlement plan in the occupied West Bank, warning that the plan to build 3,400 new housing units will physically sever the West Bank from East Jerusalem and pose an "existential threat" to the prospects of a two-state solution.
(VOVWORLD) -Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, on Wednesday visited the headquarters of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) in New York City and held a working session with its leaders at the start of his new tenure.
(VOVWORLD) - A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as Israel and Hamas considered a possible truce in the nearly two-year-long Gaza conflict.
(VOVWORLD) - Israel’s military announced the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City on Wednesday and called up tens of thousands of reservists while the government considered a new ceasefire proposal to pause nearly two years of conflict.
(VOVWORLD) - 25 exceptional young people with disabilities from across Vietnam were honored in Hanoi on Wednesday at a program organized by the Vietnam Youth Federation and the Vietnam Association of Disabled Youth.
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and Australia should make greater efforts to raise two-way trade to 20 billion USD, especially by further opening markets and facilitation of exports from both countries, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said during Wednesday’s reception in Hanoi for Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong.
