The 17th session of the Vietnam-US Human Rights Dialogue took place in Hanoi on April 12, said Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi on April 17 when answering a reporter’s question relating to the dialogue.
Music fans will have a chance to enjoy a big seasonal outdoor feast, Luala concert, scheduled for April 20 to May 12, which will test the mixed blend of traditional and new age music.
Thirty-two Vietnamese karate martial artists have departed for the Philippines to take part in the 2nd Southeast Asian Karatedo Championships to be held in Pampanga from April 18 to 21.
Natural disasters economically cost 1.48 percent of Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually from 2008 to 2012.
More than 100 companies from 10 countries are displaying products on laboratory technology, biotechnology and diagnostics at an International Analytical Exhibition that opened on April 17 in HCM City.
The central province of Thanh Hoa is ready to create favourable conditions for them to invest in the locality.
A get-together was held in Hanoi on April 16 to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the great historical Giron victory of Cuba (April 19, 1961-2013).
A 10-member wrestling team on April 15 departed for New Delhi to attend the Asian Wrestling Championships 2013 held from April 15-22.
The Pho Hien (Hien Street) Cultural Festival opened on April 15 in the Red River Delta province of Hung Yen with an art performance themed “Hien Street – the Light in Red River Delta’s sediment.”
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Switzerland rose 11 percent year on year, reaching US$167 million during the first two months of this year, has said Luong Manh Hung, Trade Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland.