General Vo Nguyen Giap, who was a former Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Defence Minister and Commander in Chief of the Vietnam People’s Army, passed away on October 4 at the age of 103.
Many newspapers in the Republic of Korea in recent days has continued to run articles and comments applauding the speech by the Vietnamese Prime Minister at the general debate of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 27.
The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella at the Opera House next week.
Nearly 100 photos reflecting the establishment and development of diplomatic ties and friendship between Vietnam and the United Kingdom are being showcased at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City from October 4-12.
Experts shared experience from clean water and sanitation projects sponsored by ChildFund Australia and other non-governmental organisations at a seminar in Hanoi on October 4.
The Day of German Unity was celebrated at a meeting in Hanoi on October 4 with the participation of Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and German Ambassador Jutta Frasch.
A major percussion concert will be held in Hanoi on October 17-18 to mark Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year and the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan cooperation.
The final of this year’s Vietnam–China Friendship Singing Contest for the northern mountainous, midland and coastal region took place in the northern province of Quang Ninh on October 3.
The Mekong Delta Economic Zone plans to build 17 industrial wastewater treatment plants in the next seven years, according to the Mekong Delta master plan between now and 2020.
Twenty-five collectives and individuals in central Danang city have been awarded the Lao noble Order of Isala, Labour Order and Independence and Friendship Medals for their contributions to Laos’s socio-economic development.