VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his wife on July 26, with the pair in Hanoi to attend the state funeral of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in the central province of Quang Tri said on July 25 that they have smashed a major drug trafficking ring which had been transporting illegal substances into the nation from Laos, arresting three Vietnamese nationals in the process.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attracted more than US$18 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the past seven months of the year, representing an increase of 10.9% against the same period from last year, according to details given by the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

VOV.VN - People from all walks of life across the country came together to pay their respects to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, the Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, and in his hometown in Dong Hoi commune of Hanoi’s Dong Anh district on the morning of July 26.

VOV.VN - Luong Cuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, hosted a reception on July 25 in Hanoi for President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen, who came to attend the state funeral of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - Many Vietnamese embassies abroad have solemnly held two-day respect-paying services and opened funeral books to commemorate comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

VOV.VN - The World Bank has pledged US$350 million loans to help Vietnam develop one million ha of low-carbon, high quality rice associated with green growth in 12 Mekong Delta localities.

VOV.VN - Many mourners could not hold back their tears when they paid their respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during his funeral service in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on July 25 evening.

VOV.VN - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on July 25 travelled to the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok to pay his respect to Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong who passed away in Hanoi on July 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and New Zealand Special Envoy Donald McKinnon discussed new cooperation fields between the two countries during their meeting in Hanoi on July 25.