VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hailed the World Bank (WB) for its continued support in mobilising funding for development projects in the nation at a reception held on March 13 in Hanoi for Carolyn Turk, country director of the WB in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 13 for Deputy Head of Mission of the Danish Embassy in Vietnam Mette Ekeroth and President and CEO of Vestas Group Anders Runevad.

Exactly 70 years ago, on March 13, 1954, the Vietnamese revolutionary army launched the first attack against the French colonialists’ heavily fortified base of Dien Bien Phu, starting a 56-day historic campaign whose victory directly led to the signing of the Geneva Accords on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina.

VOV.VN - The sub-committee in charge of personnel work for the 14th National Party Congress, presided by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, held its first working session on March 13 in Hanoi.

Vietnam always attaches importance to developing good cooperation relations with Slovenia – an important partner of Vietnam in Central and Eastern Europe, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang told Slovenian State Secretary for Foreign and European Affairs Sanja Stiglic.

VOV.VN - Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan held a meeting with Catherine Mary Russell, executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), on the occasion of her attendance at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on March 12 (local time) in New York.

President Vo Van Thuong received Pakistani Ambassador Samina Mehtab in Hanoi on March 12, congratulating the outgoing diplomat on her excellent fulfillment of tasks in Vietnam.

A delegation of China’s Shandong province led by its Vice Governor Song Junji paid a visit to the central city of Da Nang on March 12, which was expected to contribute to enhancing cooperation between the two localities in the time ahead.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son received Komura Masahiro, member of the House of Representatives and Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, in Hanoi on March 12.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Hanoi administration Tran Sy Thanh received US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper on March 12, outlining future cooperation orientations between the capital city and the US Embassy.