Foreign minister welcomes ambassadors of African nations
Foreign minister welcomes ambassadors of African nations

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 21 for the Group of African Ambassadors to Vietnam, ahead of the 63rd anniversary of Africa Day (May 25).

Foreign minister welcomes ambassadors of African nations
President Ho Chi Minh's birth anniversary commemorated in Greece
President Ho Chi Minh's birth anniversary commemorated in Greece

The Vietnamese Embassy in Greece on May 19 held a ceremony marking the 136th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – 2026).

President Ho Chi Minh's birth anniversary commemorated in Greece
FAO regards Vietnam as a key partner in the region
FAO regards Vietnam as a key partner in the region

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Phuong Anh on May 21 presented credentials to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu at the organization’s headquarters in Rome, officially assuming the role of Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the FAO.

FAO regards Vietnam as a key partner in the region
Vietnam, Russia agree to deepen defence cooperation
Vietnam, Russia agree to deepen defence cooperation

VOV.VN - Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov hosted an official welcome ceremony on May 21 for General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, and his delegation during their official visit to Russia and co-chairmanship of the second consultation session on maritime issues.

Vietnam, Russia agree to deepen defence cooperation
Party chief, State President To Lam to pay official visit to Thailand
Party chief, State President To Lam to pay official visit to Thailand

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam, accompanied by his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, will pay an official visit to Thailand from May 27-29, 2026.

Party chief, State President To Lam to pay official visit to Thailand
Vietnam eyes strategic materials to move deeper into high-tech global supply chains
Vietnam eyes strategic materials to move deeper into high-tech global supply chains

VOV.VN - Vietnam is positioning strategic materials development as a core pillar of its industrial transformation strategy, aiming to move beyond resource extraction and low-cost manufacturing toward higher-value participation in global technology supply chains.

Vietnam eyes strategic materials to move deeper into high-tech global supply chains
Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen strategic connectivity amid regional uncertainty
Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen strategic connectivity amid regional uncertainty

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cambodia are accelerating efforts to deepen political trust, strengthen infrastructure connectivity and reinforce ASEAN solidarity amid rising geopolitical competition and growing regional economic and security challenges.

Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen strategic connectivity amid regional uncertainty
Vietnam pledges to contribute more to adaptive, future-ready ASEAN
Vietnam pledges to contribute more to adaptive, future-ready ASEAN

As an active and responsible member of ASEAN and the international community, the Vietnam People's Army will continue contributing to a united, adaptive, and future-ready ASEAN.

Vietnam pledges to contribute more to adaptive, future-ready ASEAN
Vietnam attends international defence, security exhibition in Slovakia
Vietnam attends international defence, security exhibition in Slovakia

A delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence led by its Deputy Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Pham Hoai Nam, has paid a working visit to Slovakia and attended the International Defence and Security Exhibition (IDEB 2026) at the invitation of the Slovak Ministry of Defence.

Vietnam attends international defence, security exhibition in Slovakia
Vietnam must treat quantum technology as a strategic priority: Top leader To Lam
Vietnam must treat quantum technology as a strategic priority: Top leader To Lam

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President To Lam has called on Vietnam to regard quantum technology as a strategic development direction, emphasising the need to move early, focus on practical strengths, develop high-quality human resources, and create mechanisms for real-world application and commercialisation.

Vietnam must treat quantum technology as a strategic priority: Top leader To Lam
NA Chairman requests removing bottlenecks in ethnic policies
NA Chairman requests removing bottlenecks in ethnic policies

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has called for efforts to remove bottlenecks in Vietnam’s ethnic policy system, warning that overlapping regulations, fragmented implementation, and administrative inefficiencies are affecting the effectiveness of programs for ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

NA Chairman requests removing bottlenecks in ethnic policies
Why Vietnam is becoming an increasingly important global partner
Why Vietnam is becoming an increasingly important global partner

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rapidly expanding network of comprehensive strategic partnerships and growing role in multilateral institutions are highlighting the country’s rising international position at a time of deep geopolitical competition and global supply chain restructuring.

Why Vietnam is becoming an increasingly important global partner
Young Lao leaders hail Vietnam’s development achievements
Young Lao leaders hail Vietnam’s development achievements

Young leaders of Laos have praised Vietnam’s development achievements and growing international stature, describing them as a source of inspiration for Laos’ revolutionary cause and national development.

Young Lao leaders hail Vietnam’s development achievements
Prime Minister receives DPRK Ambassador
Prime Minister receives DPRK Ambassador

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on May 20 hosted a reception for Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to Vietnam Ri Sung Guk.

Prime Minister receives DPRK Ambassador
Vietnam attaches great importance to ties with UK: PM
Vietnam attaches great importance to ties with UK: PM

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung hosted a reception for the UK's Ambassador to Vietnam Iain Frew in Hanoi on May 20, affirming that Vietnam always attaches great importance to ties with the UK.

Vietnam attaches great importance to ties with UK: PM
New cooperation avenues emerge from legacy of Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro
New cooperation avenues emerge from legacy of Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro

Vice Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation Tran Thanh Lam received a delegation from Cuba’s Fidel Castro Ruz Centre led by its Director Dr Rene Gonzalez Barrios in Hanoi on May 20.

New cooperation avenues emerge from legacy of Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro
NA Chairman asks for policy advisory to support double-digit growth target
NA Chairman asks for policy advisory to support double-digit growth target

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has demanded the NA's Committee for Economic and Financial Affairs to enhance its policy advisory capacity, stressing that robust and evidence-based policymaking is essential to achieving the double-digit economic growth while safeguarding macroeconomic stability.

NA Chairman asks for policy advisory to support double-digit growth target
Editorial team meets to begin review of 100-year Party leadership
Editorial team meets to begin review of 100-year Party leadership

An editorial team met at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) in Hanoi on May 20 to begin a sweeping review of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s century-long leadership, a process aimed at shaping the country’s long-term development roadmap ahead of the 15th National Party Congress.

Editorial team meets to begin review of 100-year Party leadership
New Zealand, Vietnam target US$3 billion in bilateral trade
New Zealand, Vietnam target US$3 billion in bilateral trade

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon have agreed during their telephone talks on May 20 to further expand economic, trade and investment cooperation, aiming for US$3 billion in two-way trade in the time ahead.

New Zealand, Vietnam target US$3 billion in bilateral trade
Cuba hails Vietnam as model for national renewal and development
Cuba hails Vietnam as model for national renewal and development

VOV.VN - Cuba regards Vietnam as a model for national renewal and development, Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes said during a meeting with Prime Minister Le Minh Hung in Hanoi on May 20.

Cuba hails Vietnam as model for national renewal and development
Top Vietnamese leader calls for concentrating resources on growth poles
Top Vietnamese leader calls for concentrating resources on growth poles

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on May 20 chaired a working session with relevant agencies to assess resources serving national development in line with the goal of achieving double-digit economic growth and establishing a new growth model.

Top Vietnamese leader calls for concentrating resources on growth poles
Fiji President praises Vietnam’s rising international role and standing
Fiji President praises Vietnam’s rising international role and standing

VOV.VN - Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu hailed Vietnam’s growing role and standing in the region and globally during a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador Phan Minh Giang in Suva on May 19 after the ambassador presented his credentials.

Fiji President praises Vietnam’s rising international role and standing
Vietnam launches citizen protection measures in Gaza-bound flotilla case
Vietnam launches citizen protection measures in Gaza-bound flotilla case

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel said on May 20 that it is implementing citizen protection measures for Tieu Nguyen Bao Ngoc, a Vietnamese citizen who joined a Gaza-bound flotilla organized by Global Sumud Flotilla and was detained by Israeli authorities.

Vietnam launches citizen protection measures in Gaza-bound flotilla case
President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics and lifestyle promoted in Laos
President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics and lifestyle promoted in Laos

Activities marking the 136th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – 2026) in Vientiane have contributed to spreading his moral example and simple lifestyle among the Vietnamese community in Laos, reinforcing shared values and the enduring Vietnam–Laos friendship.

President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics and lifestyle promoted in Laos
US Senate approves new Ambassador to Vietnam
US Senate approves new Ambassador to Vietnam

The US Senate on May 18 approved Jennifer Wicks McNamara as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Vietnam.

US Senate approves new Ambassador to Vietnam
PM Le Minh Hung welcomes progress in Vietnam-US trade negotiations
PM Le Minh Hung welcomes progress in Vietnam-US trade negotiations

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung welcomed the positive results achieved in negotiations on a reciprocal, fair and balanced trade agreement between Vietnam and the US while receiving Ambassador Rick Switzer, Deputy Trade Representative of the US in Hanoi on May 20 during the latter’s working visit to Vietnam.

PM Le Minh Hung welcomes progress in Vietnam-US trade negotiations
Historic relic sites in Hong Kong inspire national pride among overseas Vietnamese
Historic relic sites in Hong Kong inspire national pride among overseas Vietnamese

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong (China) on May 19 organised a flower-offering ceremony in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the Tai Kwun heritage site, a historic site closely associated with his revolutionary activities, including the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and his detention in Hong Kong in the early 1930s.

Historic relic sites in Hong Kong inspire national pride among overseas Vietnamese
Vietnam, Thailand mark diplomatic ties with cultural, naval exchange activities
Vietnam, Thailand mark diplomatic ties with cultural, naval exchange activities

The Thai Embassy in Vietnam and the Thai naval vessel HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan on May 19 held a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic relations (1976–2026), and the 136th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh.

Vietnam, Thailand mark diplomatic ties with cultural, naval exchange activities
Vietnam, Australia expected to expand practical cooperation across sectors
Vietnam, Australia expected to expand practical cooperation across sectors

Vietnam and Australia are well positioned to deepen practical cooperation across multiple sectors following the upgrading of ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with strong complementarities and growing business interest driving new opportunities, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cuong.

Vietnam, Australia expected to expand practical cooperation across sectors
Vietnamese community in Thailand honours President Ho Chi Minh’s legacy
Vietnamese community in Thailand honours President Ho Chi Minh’s legacy

Representatives of the Vietnamese community in Thailand gathered on May 19 at the Ho Chi Minh Memorial Site and the Thai-Vietnamese Friendship Village in Na Chok village, Nong Yat commune, Muang district, Nakhon Phanom province to commemorate the 136th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh.

Vietnamese community in Thailand honours President Ho Chi Minh’s legacy
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