Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has always paid great attention to cultural issues, and he has made important contributions to preserving and developing the national culture, and promoting Vietnam’s international integration, said Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Hoai Son, permanent member of the National Assembly’s Cultural and Educational Committee.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is not only one of Vietnam's most prominent leaders over decades, but also a rare genius theorist in a historial period with many changes like today, General Secretary of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutierrez has said.

VOV.VN - During his lifetime, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had special affection, and paid special attention to Vietnamese people and soldiers nationwide.

VOV.VN - An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale hit Ngoc Lac district of Thanh Hoa province, a locality in the north-central part of Vietnam, on July 20, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.

Stricken by grief is the common feeling of overseas Vietnamese following the news that Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away on July 19.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression in the waters of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago gained its strength into a tropical storm on July 21 morning, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s great contributions to the Party and the nation have left deep impressions on Party members and people nationwide, who have special sentiments for the late leader.

VOV.VN - Twenty-three people, including 20 tourists, have been rescued from a sinking boat on a tour of the Cham island in Hoi An city, central Vietnam.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s devotions and contributions to Vietnam have engineered the nation’s development, making the overseas Vietnamese (OVs), including those in Laos, glow with immense pride in the respected leader.

Officials, Party members, and people across the country have shown their boundless grief at the passing away of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and their warm sentiments towards him.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand on July 19 supported family members of those who died in the Bangkok hotel incident to receive their personal belongings handed over by Thai police, and continued to provide them with guidance on relevant consulate procedures.

VOV.VN - For the first time, Vietnam has launched a "National Park Passport" initiative to promote ecotourism in national parks and nature reserves. This initiative aims to motivate tourists to explore and appreciate the forest ecosystems in Vietnam.

A Vietnamese employee has won a national contest on customer service of 7-Eleven Japan – the biggest chain of convenience stores in Japan.

Several airline websites worldwide were inaccessible early on the afternoon of July 19.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression that formed in the East Sea on July 19 is gathering steam and is likely to strengthen into a storm, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting in a forecast on July 20.

The 27th ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry (ASOF 27) Meeting is taking place in Indonesia from July 18-19, according to the Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - An array of traditional cultural activities for the 2025 New Year festival will be featured at the “Xuân Quê Hương” (Homeland Spring) programme which will be held in Japan's Saitama and Fukuoka prefectures from January 4 to 12, announced by Vu Chi Mai, consul general of Vietnam in Fukuoka.

VOV.VN - A low pressure area strengthened into a tropical depression in the East Sea on July 19, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Diphtheria is being kept under control and it is unlikely that the disease will break out into an epidemic in Vietnam, said Dr. Hoang Minh Duc, head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.

A ceremony will be held in the northern province of Quang Ninh to commemorate martyrs and people who died in the first victory of the Vietnam People’s Navy against the US forces in 1964.

The Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and Meta - the parent company of Facebook have launched the “Identifying Scams” campaign in Vietnam for 2024.

The southern border province of Long An on July 18 received and laid to rest the remains of 130 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who fell down in Cambodia.

As many as 450 brands from 17 countries and territories have registered to join the international exhibition of techniques and means of fire prevention, fighting and rescue, and security and safety equipment - Fire Safety & Rescue Vietnam – Secutech Vietnam 2024, which is slated for August 14-16 in Ho Chi Minh City.

An international conference themed “For a more sustainable Mekong Delta” took place in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on July 17.

The Supreme People's Court of Vietnam hosted the seventh conference of courts from provinces sharing borders with Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in the central province of Quang Nam on July 18.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch to relevant ministries to work alongside relevant Thai authorities in deploying citizen protection measures over the death of four Vietnamese nationals in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

VOV.VN -A Vietnamese delegation of high-ranking officials led by Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra had working sessions on July 17 with the National Human Resources Development Institute (NHI) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on human resource training and the development of the public sector and smart city building and management.

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) and the Chinese Embassy on July 17 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new semi-boarding kitchen at Kim Dong primary school in the northern border province of Lang Son’s Trang Dinh district, aiming to provide better care and meals for its students.

The Da Nang chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) and the Salavan chapter of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union held an exchange and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation for 2024-2029 on July 17.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has dispatched 35 working groups to 35 cities and provinces across the country where the African swine fever (ASF) disease is breaking out to inspect disease prevention and control.