(VOVWORLD) - Nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger and more than 1.8 million children are at risk of acute malnutrition as the worsening drought intensifies the country’s humanitarian crisis, the United Nations warned on Wednesday.
(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said on Thursday that preparations for the elections of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2026-2031 tenure are on schedule, lawful, thorough, and coordinated. Ministries, sectors, and localities, however, must not become complacent or negligent of their duties, he added.
(VOVWORLD) -Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn extended New Year greetings to the community and praised the Vietnamese community’s contributions to Australia over the past 50 years.
(VOVWORLD) - The US tariff rate for some countries will rise to 15% or higher from the newly imposed 10%, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday, without naming any specific trading partners or giving further details.
(VOVWORLD) - The 2026 Con Son-Kiep Bac Spring Festival in Hai Phong city opened on Thursday and will run through March 11.
(VOVWORLD) - Le Hoai Trung, Special Envoy of Party General Secretary To Lam and Vietnam’s Foreign Minister, met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia on Wednesday to brief them on key outcomes of the 14th National Party Congress and major tasks set by Vietnamese leaders in the new era.
(VOVWORLD) - More than 4,500 voters serving in the military and the oil and gas sector began casting early ballots on Thursday morning to elect deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils for the 2026-2031 term.
(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for the active engagement of media agencies of Vietnam and Russia in the process of developing bilateral relationship and expanding their substantive and effective cooperation in all fields.
(VOVWORLD) -The 24th Vietnam Poetry Day 2026, themed “Before the Vast Ocean,” will be held in Bai Chay Ward and Ha Long Ward, Quang Ninh province, on March 3, the 15th day of the first lunar month.
(VOVWORLD) - The Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center on Wednesday reenacted the Spring Incense-Offering Ceremony to welcome the Lunar New Year 2026 at the Kinh Thien Palace at the World Heritage Site of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.
