A representative from the Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission on April 12 opposed China’s plan to bring tourists to Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.
The ASEAN Foreign Ministers reached a high consensus on the bloc’s viewpoint on the East Sea issue at their meetings on April 10-11, agreeing that the matter is the bloc’s mutual concern as it relates to peace, stability and security in the entire region.
Barbequed Cau Mong veal from Dien Ban district in Quang Nam province has been recognised by the Vietnam Records Organisation as a national specialty.
The music show Experimental Inception will be performed by Swedish artists at the launch of new music centre DomDom on April 12.
Many southern localities have held various activities to mark the Khmer community’s traditional Chol Chnam Thmay festival.
An Italian house, “Casa Italia,” was inaugurated on Le Phung Hieu Street in Hanoi on April 11, as part of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Italy diplomatic ties.
New Zealand will orient its cooperation with Vietnam to a strategic partnership with the intensive development of projects in Binh Dinh province, said Ambassador Haike Manning.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh had a working session with Stephan Weil, Governor of the Niedersachsen State, in Hannover on April 10, with the aim of strengthening comprehensive cooperation between the two countries’ localities.
The Israeli Embassy in Vietnam, in collaboration with the National Academy of Music, held a performance in Hanoi on April 11 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Vietnam-Israel diplomatic ties (July 12) and the 65th Independence Day of Israel.
A village named “Vietnam-the Republic of Korea (RoK) Friendship Village” was inaugurated in the southern province of Vinh Long on April 11, becoming the first of its kind in Vietnam.