VOV.VN - The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) under the Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony on May 27 in Hanoi to mark the 10th anniversary of its traditional day (May 27, 2014 - 2024) and receive the third-class Fatherland Protection Order.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son will pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from May 30 to June 1 at the invitation of his RoK counterpart Cho Tae-yul, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - Improving labour productivity is the shortest way for Vietnam to achieve rapid and sustainable development and escape the middle income trap, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a national labour productivity forum in Hanoi on May 26.

VOV.VN - Despite some gains recorded, the post-COVID pandemic economic recovery programme has yet to live up to expectations due to shortcomings and limitations, including slow progress in implementation, and fear of responsibility, said deputies to the ongoing National Assembly session.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai met representatives of several Japanese businesses on May 25 as part of his ongoing working trip to Japan to seek investment cooperation opportunities.

Vietnam strongly condemns the crime of genocide and has made various specific efforts and taken meaningful actions to end this crime and punish genocidal criminals, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), affirmed on May 23.

Vietnam’s friendship orders and medals have been conferred upon members of the Russia - Vietnam Friendship Association who have made significant contributions to the bilateral solidarity, friendship, and cooperation.

VOV.VN - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has congratulated General To Lam on his election as President of Vietnam at the ongoing National Assembly meeting.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always considers Japan to be its most important and long-term partner, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai told Japanese Minister Fumio Kishida during their meeting in Tokyo on May 24.

Vietnam’s bamboo diplomacy drew attention of Russian researchers on Vietnamese studies at a conference held by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) on May 22.

VOV.VN - Four sector leaders in charge of natural resources and environment; auditing; industry and trade; and culture-sport-tourism have been selected for the coming Q&A session at the ongoing sitting of the National Assembly.

Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Chairman of the PCC's Commission for Internal Affairs met with Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) Jeong Seung-yoon in Hanoi on May 23.

Leaders of Russia, Brunei, the United Arab Emirates, Palestine and Sri Lanka have sent congratulatory messages and letters to To Lam on his election as the President of Vietnam by the 15th National Assembly.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung held a working session with Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Keijo Norvanto in Hanoi on May 23, during which they discussed measures to promote cooperation in vocational education and sending Vietnamese workers to Finland.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai met bilaterally with his Cambodian and Singaporean counterparts on May 23 during his working trip to Tokyo for the 29th International Conference on the Future of Asia.

Based on the good neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability, competent agencies of Vietnam and Cambodia have taken many practical, effective measures to help their people and future generations clearly and fully understand bilateral relationship, making it stronger, for the sake of their people.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai delivered a speech at the 29th Future of Asia Forum in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23, putting forward a number of initiatives to promote Asia’s role and sustainable development amidst global complications.

VOV.VN - Vietnam, a Mekong River downstream country, is interested in the cross-border impact of hydro-electric projects on the Mekong River, said Doan Khac Viet, deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, at a regular press briefing in Hanoi on May 23.

Chairwoman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) of the Czech Republic Katerina Konecna has asserted her support for further strengthening the bilateral relations with Vietnam, as the two countries are looking forward to the 75th founding anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations (February 2, 1950 - 2025).

VOV.VN - Vietnam on May 23 voiced its opposition to China's violation of its sovereignty after the latter dispatched a navy hospital ship to the former’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) islands.

VOV.VN - Deputies to the ongoing seventh session of the National Assembly on May 23 worked in group, discussing the Government’s report on the implementation of socio-economic development and budgetary tasks in recent times.

Vietnam has called on parties involved in conflicts to strictly comply with international law and international humanitarian law, especially the four 1949 Geneva Conventions and relevant UN resolutions, thus better protecting civilians in conflicts.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on May 23 came to offer condolences to the Iranian Embassy in Hanoi over the deaths of the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and some senior officials in a recent helicopter crash.

The book on theory and practice of socialism in Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has been translated into Italian, with the new version made public at a ceremony held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy on May 21.

The coast guards of Vietnam and China on May 22 conducted their joint patrol in the northern Gulf of Tonkin, covering the waters off Mong Cai city in Quang Ninh province and Dongxing and Fangchenggang cities in China’s Guangxi province.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on May 22 met Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives Nukaga Fukushiro as part of his trip to Japan to attend the 29th International Conference on the Future of Asia (FOA).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela in collaboration with the Defense Attaché Association of countries in Venezuela introduced Vietnam’s foreign and defense policy line on May 22.

VOV.VN - Leaders of Laos, China, and Cambodia sent letters of congratulation to General To Lam on his election as President of Vietnam for the 2021-2026 tenure.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 22 held a phone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the third interaction between them in six months.

The Government on May 22 submitted to the 15th National Assembly (NA) a proposal on adjustments to the investment policy for the national target programme on boosting the socio-economic development of ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas in the 2021-2030 period, aiming to facilitate the disbursement of capital for the programme.