VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha expressed the country’s wish to get further support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to restructure and solidify its preventive healthcare system during a reception for Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, regional director of the WHO for the Western Pacific, on May 13 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Corvette INS Kiltan of the Indian Navy docked at the Cam Ranh international port on May 12, beginning its four-day visit to the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.

President Ho Chi Minh once affirmed that: “Cadres are the root of all work. Success or failure depends on good or bad cadres.” Hence, he began preparations for the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam by focusing on personnel training.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its 33rd session in Hanoi on May 13, under the chair of Tran Thanh Man, standing vice chairman of the NA.

VOV.VN - All the signed contracts of the US$12 billion Block B - O Mon gas-to-power project are on the right track, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his meeting with voters of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 12.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and held a working session with Army Corps 12 - Truong Son Construction Corporation and the Truong Son - Ho Chi Minh Trail Traditional Association in Hanoi on May 10, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Trail - the Traditional Day of Truong Son Army Corps (May 19).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has seriously implemented the approved recommendations on human rights of the previous cycle by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group and achieved many positive results, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam has received a delegation from the Australia Vietnam Business Council (AVBC), discussing ways to step up bilateral cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will actively promote practical cooperation programmes between ASEAN and the UK as the coordinator of ASEAN-UK relations in the 2024-2027 period, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has said.

VOV.VN - The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) approved Vietnam’s National Report at its 46th session (fourth cycle) in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 10 (local time).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy on May 9 held a hybrid seminar highlighting the international values of the Dien Bien Phu Victory on the occasion of its 70th anniversary (May 7, 1954-2024).

VOV.VN - The partnership between Vietnam and the European Union has stood the test of time over the past more than three decades and is bearing fruits, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu at a commemorative ceremony of Europe Day in Hanoi on May 9 evening.

VOV.VN - Vietnam pays attention to the BRICS membership expansion, said spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang at the ministry’s regular press briefing in Hanoi on May 9.

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomes the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s consideration of upgrading Vietnam to 'market economy' status, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s routine press briefing in Hanoi on May 9.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 9 underlined the need for the renovation of mindset, methods, and visions to create new values and implement the Master Plan for the Red River Delta region with tradition, connections, breakthroughs, inclusion, comprehension, and sustainability.

VOV.VN - Vietnam refutes non-objective, biased and inaccurate statements about the actual situation in Vietnam, stated in the International Religious Freedom Report 2024 of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has presented the “For the cause of Vietnam's foreign affairs” insignia to outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio in recognition of his contributions to both nations’ diplomatic relations.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, chairman of the Coordinating Council for Red River Delta Region, chaired the third meeting of the council on May 9 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Countries have acknowledged Vietnamese policies, efforts, and achievements in ensuring human rights, with Vietnam always seriously implementing accepted Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 8 for Zhang Qingwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China.

VOV.VN - A smart camp built by the Vietnamese engineers who are taking on a UN peacekeeping mission in Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan was inaugurated at Highway base on May 7.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia in collaboration with the Literature and Art Association of the Vietnamese people in the European country organised a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory on May 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is one of the priority partners in Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Tim Watts told Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam.

The Dien Bien Phu victory 70 years ago created a premise for the signing of the Geneva agreements on ending war and restoring peace in Indochina, according to Radio National Argentina (RNA).

The Granma daily, the newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, on May 7 ran an article about the contributions of pack-bikes to the Dien Bien Phu Victory on the 70th anniversary of the victory (May 7, 1954-2024).

A grand meeting was held in Vientiane, Laos on May 7 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory in Vietnam (May 7, 1954).

VOV.VN - Brazil stays ready to elevate diplomatic relations with Vietnam to new heights to bring into full play their cooperation potential, as well as to increase their coordination in addressing global common challenges, said Secretary for Asia and the Pacific at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eduardo Paes Saboia.

The Vietnam-Brazil friendship and cooperative ties began in the early 20th century when President Ho Chi Minh set his foot in Rio de Janeiro in 1912 in his journey to seek the way to salvage the nation, according to a Brazilian official.

Vietnam, the first nation to rise to liberation to regain national sovereignty from world powers, was the model for colonial countries to follow, Prof. Daho Djerbal, a historian and lecturer at University of Algiers-Bouzareah, said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.

VOV.VN - Participating countries at the dialogue have acknowledged Vietnam's policies, efforts and achievements in ensuring human rights.