Anniversary of Cuba’s Giron Victory marked in HCM City
Anniversary of Cuba’s Giron Victory marked in HCM City

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the city's Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA) held a gathering on April 25 to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of Cuba’s Giron Victory (April 19, 1961 - 2024).

Anniversary of Cuba’s Giron Victory marked in HCM City
Binh Duong, Australia forge stronger cooperation
Binh Duong, Australia forge stronger cooperation

Chairman of the Binh Duong People’s Committee Vo Van Minh on April 25 met with Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski, as part of the latter’s visit to the southern province.

Binh Duong, Australia forge stronger cooperation
Vietnam, Slovakia strengthen delegation exchanges
Vietnam, Slovakia strengthen delegation exchanges

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Slovakia Nguyen Tuan and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Slovak National Council (Parliament) Marian Kery discussed measures to intensify delegation exchanges between the two nations during their meeting at the Slovak Parliament’s headquarters on April 24.

Vietnam, Slovakia strengthen delegation exchanges
Vietnam, China conducts joint patrol along demarcation line in Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam, China conducts joint patrol along demarcation line in Gulf of Tonkin

Two vessels of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) on April 25 departed from the northern port city of Hai Phong for a joint patrol mission with the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the vicinity of the countries’ demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Vietnam, China conducts joint patrol along demarcation line in Gulf of Tonkin
1954 Geneva Agreement - a historical milestone of Vietnam’s diplomacy
1954 Geneva Agreement - a historical milestone of Vietnam’s diplomacy

The 1954 Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam is a historical milestone of the country's revolutionary diplomacy, bearing the imprint of President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, style, and art of diplomacy, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son wrote in his article marking 70 years since the signing of the document in 1954.

1954 Geneva Agreement - a historical milestone of Vietnam’s diplomacy
Hanoi ceremony celebrates 70th anniversary of Geneva Agreement
Hanoi ceremony celebrates 70th anniversary of Geneva Agreement

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hanoi on April 25 to mark 70 years since the signing of the Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam - an important milestone in the struggle for national liberation of the Vietnamese people and a great victory of the Vietnamese diplomatic sector.

Hanoi ceremony celebrates 70th anniversary of Geneva Agreement
Vietnam pledges to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Vietnam pledges to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador-designate to Thailand and head of the Vietnamese delegation to the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Pham Viet Hung affirmed Vietnam's commitment to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while giving a speech at the ESCAP’s 80th annual session in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 25.

Vietnam pledges to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Workshop discusses women’s roles in politics
Workshop discusses women’s roles in politics

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Lao female lawmakers came together to share their experience in politics at a workshop on April 25 in the northern Laotian province of Luang Prabang.

Workshop discusses women’s roles in politics
US human rights report contains non-objective comments about Vietnam
US human rights report contains non-objective comments about Vietnam

VOV.VN - Vietnam's consistent policy is to promote and protect human rights, which considers people as a centre and driving force of the Doi Moi (renewal) and national development process.

US human rights report contains non-objective comments about Vietnam
Vietnam affirms unwavering stance on Chinese fishing ban in East Sea
Vietnam affirms unwavering stance on Chinese fishing ban in East Sea

VOV.VN - Vietnam's stance on China's fishing ban in the East Sea remains consistent and has been clearly asserted over the past years.

Vietnam affirms unwavering stance on Chinese fishing ban in East Sea
Argentinian scholar praises Vietnam’s April 30, 1975 victory
Argentinian scholar praises Vietnam’s April 30, 1975 victory

The complete reunification of Vietnam on April 30, 1975 was an extremely significant event in the history of the country and the world, opined a scholar from the Institute for International Relations at the National University of La Plata, Argentina.

Argentinian scholar praises Vietnam’s April 30, 1975 victory
Vietnamese, Algerian Parties forge cooperation
Vietnamese, Algerian Parties forge cooperation

Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, on April 24 held online talks with Mourad Lamoudi, who is in charge of external relations at the National Liberation Front (FLN) Party Central Committee of Algeria.

Vietnamese, Algerian Parties forge cooperation
Vietnamese, Philippine coast guards convene first conference
Vietnamese, Philippine coast guards convene first conference

The first bilateral conference between the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) took place in Hanoi on April 24.

Vietnamese, Philippine coast guards convene first conference
ASEAN Future Forum 2024 wrapped up in Hanoi
ASEAN Future Forum 2024 wrapped up in Hanoi

The ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) was wrapped up in Hanoi on April 23 after a day of productive discussions.

ASEAN Future Forum 2024 wrapped up in Hanoi
Vietnam attends international security meeting in Russia
Vietnam attends international security meeting in Russia

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Public Security General To Lam is attending the 12th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues which is running from April 23 to April 25 in Russia’s St. Petersburg city.

Vietnam attends international security meeting in Russia
Vietnam-Indonesia Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation convenes fifth meeting
Vietnam-Indonesia Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation convenes fifth meeting

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi co-chaired the fifth meeting of the Vietnam-Indonesia Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) in Hanoi on April 24.

Vietnam-Indonesia Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation convenes fifth meeting
Acting President commends outgoing Algerian Ambassador’s tenure
Acting President commends outgoing Algerian Ambassador’s tenure

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan congratulated outgoing Ambassador of Algeria to Vietnam Abdelhamid Boubazine on his successful tenure in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on April 24.

Acting President commends outgoing Algerian Ambassador’s tenure
Vietnam, RoK boost defence ties
Vietnam, RoK boost defence ties

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 24 for Deputy Defence Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Seon Ho, who is in Vietnam to attend the 11th Vietnam-RoK defence policy dialogue.

Vietnam, RoK boost defence ties
Acting President hails outgoing Japanese Ambassador’s contributions to bilateral ties
Acting President hails outgoing Japanese Ambassador’s contributions to bilateral ties

VOV.VN - Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 24 for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio who came to bid farewell before ending his term of office in Vietnam.

Acting President hails outgoing Japanese Ambassador’s contributions to bilateral ties
Dien Bien Phu – victory of intense patriotism: Ambassador
Dien Bien Phu – victory of intense patriotism: Ambassador

The newspapers Resumen Latinoamericano of Argentina and El Popular of the Communist Party of Uruguay have published interviews with Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Ngo Minh Nguyet, who said that Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years ago is a triumph of intense patriotism, unwavering willpower and resilience of Vietnamese people forged over thousands of years of history.

Dien Bien Phu – victory of intense patriotism: Ambassador
Vietnam, Brunei agree to deepen bilateral cooperation
Vietnam, Brunei agree to deepen bilateral cooperation

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Dato Pehin Erywan Yusof in Hanoi on April 23, as the latter has been in Vietnam to attend the ASEAN Future Forum 2024.

Vietnam, Brunei agree to deepen bilateral cooperation
Party official receives outgoing Japanese ambassador
Party official receives outgoing Japanese ambassador

Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai on April 23 received outgoing Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio.

Party official receives outgoing Japanese ambassador
PM hosts Chairman of Russian Federal Bar Association
PM hosts Chairman of Russian Federal Bar Association

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke highly of cooperation between the Russian Federal Bar Association (RFBA) and the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association (VLA) while receiving RFBA Chairman Sergey Stepashin, who is also former Prime Minister of Russia, in Hanoi on April 23.

PM hosts Chairman of Russian Federal Bar Association
Vietnam, RoK hold 11th defence policy dialogue
Vietnam, RoK hold 11th defence policy dialogue

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien and Kim Seon Ho, Deputy Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Korea co-chaired the 11th Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) defence policy dialogue in Hanoi on April 23.

Vietnam, RoK hold 11th defence policy dialogue
Vietnam attends 26th UN-INTOSAI symposium
Vietnam attends 26th UN-INTOSAI symposium

A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) led by Deputy Auditor General Nguyen Tuan Anh attended the 26th symposium co-organised by the United Nations (UN) and the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) in Vienna, Austria, as part of their working trip from April 15-21.

Vietnam attends 26th UN-INTOSAI symposium
Nhan Dan Newspaper, People’s Daily of China enhance cooperation
Nhan Dan Newspaper, People’s Daily of China enhance cooperation

A delegation from the Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper led by member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Editor-in-Chief Le Quoc Minh is paying a working trip to China from April 21-26 as guests of the People’s Daily - the organ of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

Nhan Dan Newspaper, People’s Daily of China enhance cooperation
Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers meet in Hanoi
Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers meet in Hanoi

Nearly 300 soldiers and youth volunteers directly engaging in the Dien Bien Phu campaign 70 years ago looked back on the 56-day battle, the victory of which led to the signing of the Geneva Accords on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina, at a meeting in Hanoi on April 23.

Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers meet in Hanoi
ASEAN Future Forum 2024 enters first session
ASEAN Future Forum 2024 enters first session

The first session of the ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) in Hanoi on April 23 focused on fast and sustainable growth for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

ASEAN Future Forum 2024 enters first session
ASEAN needs to support Myanmar in seeking feasible and sustainable solutions
ASEAN needs to support Myanmar in seeking feasible and sustainable solutions

VOV.VN - ASEAN needs to unite together, promote more innovative and breakthrough approaches to support Myanmar in seeking feasible and sustainable solutions for the benefit of the people of Myanmar, and for peace, security, and stability in the region.

ASEAN needs to support Myanmar in seeking feasible and sustainable solutions
Vietnamese and Lao PMs co-chair roundtable with ASEAN businesses and partners
Vietnamese and Lao PMs co-chair roundtable with ASEAN businesses and partners

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed three breakthrough directions to make ASEAN a model in digital transformation globally while co-chairing a business roundtable towards a cohesive, resilient and sustainable ASEAN business community held in Hanoi on April 23 within the framework of the ASEAN Future Forum 2024.

Vietnamese and Lao PMs co-chair roundtable with ASEAN businesses and partners
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