2010 world youth champion Thach Kim Tuan has bagged three silver medals in the men's 56kg weight category at the ongoing 2013 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
A film about the daily lives of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims in Ho Chi Minh City has won top prize for documentaries at the New York City International Film Festival.
A ship with 68 sailors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) Coast Guard on June 24 anchored at the PTSC port in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau to join a fire fighting and rescue exercise in the locality.
The Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Do Ba Ty, on June 24 began his four-day official visit to France to further boost defence ties between the two countries.
Jean Claude Gallotta, the leading French contemporary choreographer, will bring one of the most outstanding ballets in the world to HCM City on June 27 and Hanoi on June 29, respectively.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s upcoming visit to Thailand is expected to raise the Vietnam-Thailand relationship to a new height and boost the fine friendship, mutual trust and understanding between the two countries.
President Truong Tan Sang’s newly-concluded visit to China is of crucial importance in reaffirming the Vietnamese Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification of relations.
President Truong Tan Sang on June 21 left for Hanoi, concluding his State-level visit to China.
The 13th National Assembly concluded its fifth session in Hanoi on June 21.
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on June 21 held talks with Cuban First Vice President of the Council of State Miguel Diaz Canel, who is visiting Vietnam at her invitation.