A delegation from the Party Central Committee, the State, the National Assembly, the Government and the Fatherland Front of Vietnam paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 18.

On behalf of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Ambassador to Vietnam A.G. Kovtun presented the badge “for contribution to international cooperation” to three officials of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) and the Vietnam – Russia Friendship Association (VRFA) in Hanoi on May 17.

Key officials of districts, cities, towns, agencies, organisations and the armed forces in the central coastal province of Phu Yen have gained a broader knowledge of border issues.

A scientific workshop was held in Hanoi on May 17 to mark the 100th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s departure from Vietnam to seek suitable ways to national salvation (June 5, 1911).

India is determined to further strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, especially in culture and education, affirmed Indian Lower House Chairwoman Meira Kumar during her Vietnam visit from May 14-17.

The Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Ha Van Nui visited and congratulated the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on the occasion of Buddha’s 2,555th birthday. 

Vietnamese Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong met the Chairwoman of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament, Meira Kumar, on May 16.  

General Phung Quang Thanh, Minister of National Defence, will pay an official visit to Indonesia from May 16-18.

Landmark 635 at the La Lay border gate between Vietnam’s Quang Tri province and Salavan provincein Laos was inaugurated on May 16.  

The embassy of Italy in Hanoi introduced Italy’s development cooperation projects in Vietnam on May 16 at a press conference.  

Documents about the lives of Ho Chi Minh City's heroic mothers are being collected by city authorities in cooperation with the Women's Union.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet on May 15 attended a ceremony to celebrate the 2555th birthday of Lord Buddha at Bai Dinh pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

The Sri Lanka-Vietnam Solidarity Association (SVSA) held a meeting in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo on May 13 to mark Vietnam’s reopening of its embassy in Sri Lanka and the 121st birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2011).

Nearly 200 documents and objects related to the life and cause of late President Ho Chi Minh are on display at an exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi.

Teenagers are inheriting the fine tradition of their predecessors and striving to become talented and virtuous citizens to build a strong nation.

The Indochinese Energy Company (IC Energy) broke ground for the construction of a solar panel factory in the central coastal province of Quang Nam on May 14.

Chairwoman of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament Meira Kumar arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on May 14, beginning a four-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 14 issued an order to kick off construction of the Minh Luong-Thu Bay section and the Rach Gia bypass as part of the southern coastal corridor road project in Chau Thanh district, the southern province of Kien Giang.

China’s ban on fishing in the waters of the East Sea has violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and further complicated the situation in the East Sea, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Chinese fisheries administration ship patrolling in the territorial waters of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago is a violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, representatives of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry have said.

Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat, received a delegation of veterans from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in Hanoi on May 13.

The embassy of Ireland and the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam held a seminar entitled “Irish Businesses – Southeast Asia” in Ho Chi Minh City on May 13.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung attended the 4th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs), held in the Turkish city of Istanbul from May 9-13.

A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Vice Secretary of the City Party Committee visited the branch office of the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha (SBV) and the HCM City Buddhist Church on the occasion of the 2555th birthday of Lord Buddha.

The Vietnamese people and armed forces always respect the assistance of international friends, including those from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus during its national struggle for independence, said Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh.

The well-known ‘Pentagon Papers’ about the Vietnam War is no longer classified as top-secret and the public can gain easy access to it at the Richard Nixon library in California as of June, the US government announced on May 12.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet on May 12 cabled a message of condolences to Spanish King Juan Carlos over the devastating earthquake in the country’s southeastern region. 

Egypt is keen to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in various fields, including coffee, tea, aquaculture, chemical industry and feed for animals.

Australia wants to further enhance its relations with Vietnam in all fields, including cooperative ties between Australian localities and Ho Chi Minh City, for the benefit of the two peoples.