VOV.VN - The amount of drugs seized via air routes has been increasingly lately, with the majority of drugs being transported from Europe, according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Streets across the capital have been adorned with national flags, flowers, and banners to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s 133rd birthday (May 19, 1890-May 19, 2023).

VOV.VN - Mohamed Naurwa, president of Egyptian National Radio has hosted a reception for a delegation from the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) led by Vu Hai Quang, deputy general director of VOV to review co-operation agreements and deepen the relationship between the two national radio stations.

VOV.VN - The remains of 96 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in different periods in the Laotian provinces of Vientiane, Xaysomboun, and Xieng Khouang have been repatriated following ceremonies held in Xieng Khouang on May 16 and May17.

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh will become a centrally-managed city by 2030 with seven subordinate cities, making it a large metropolitan city with regional and international significance.

The 2023 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Regional Workshop opened in Hanoi on May 16, under the theme of “Innovating International Higher Education”.

Philip Fernandez, a member of the Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS), has highlighted the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 133rd birth anniversary of the late leader (May 19, 1890 – 2023).

The Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese in collaboration with VTV’s External Television Department on May 16 announced a new TV programme "Dau an Viet Nam" (Vietnam Impressions) featuring outstanding Vietnamese persons and promoting Vietnamese images to friends all over the world.

After a decade, Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, the VNREDSat-1, has completed 53,000 rounds around the Earth, totaling 2.4 billion km, it was announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 16 to celebrate the 10th anniversary since its launch into space.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese students have won five awards in their maiden appearance at the VEX Robotics World Championship held in Texas, the United States.

VOV.VN - A hot spell hit the western part of Vietnam on May 16 morning and spread across the north-eastern, north-central and central regions, with the average daytime temperature reaching more than 37℃.

VOV.VN - Twelve tremors have hit Kon Plong district in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum in five consecutive days, with the strongest measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale, according to the Vietnam Institute of Geophysics.

More than one million students have registered for the National High School Graduation Exam in 2023, an increase of around 24,000 students compared to last year.

Housing 149 out of Vietnam’s 712 sci-tech companies, Hanoi remains in need of breakthrough solutions so that the capital city can quickly raise the local quality and quantity of businesses to reflect its true potential.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has agreed to proceed with the biometric identification (facial recognition), authentication and use of electronic chip-embedded citizen identity cards and passports and level 2 e-identification accounts for passengers at Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

The Vietnamese fellow-countryman association in Toronto, Canada, has organised a gathering on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam - Canada diplomatic relations and its 16th founding anniversary.

Leaders of the northern Dien Bien province of Vietnam and Phongsaly province of Laos announced the opening of Nam Dich - Huoi Hia border crossing at an inauguration ceremony in Nam Dich hamlet of Dien Bien's Nam Po district on May 15.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations on May 14 organised a friendship run “ASEAN Fun Run” in Roosevelt Island, New York City.

VOV.VN - A new heat wave is forecast to strike northern and central regions of Vietnam next week, with daytime temperatures to hit a high of 42℃, according to the National Centre for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting.

The General Union of Vietnamese in France (UGVF) on May 13 held a get-together and a photo exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) (January 27, 1973).

VOV.VN - A Pohang-class corvette of the Vietnam People’s Navy left Da Nang on May 14 to take part in international multilateral activities at the invitations of the naval forces of both Indonesia and Malaysia.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long has made a working trip to Belfast city in Northern Ireland to foster bilateral connections and cooperation, especially in education and trade.

VOV.VN - A school of approximately 20 dolphins were seen swimming near the south-central coast of Phu Yen on May 14 morning.

VOV.VN - El Nino is set to return in late May or early June, with the weather pattern likely to last till early 2024, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The peak of Ba Den Mountain in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh was on May 13 surrounded by white clouds which appeared just like an unidentified flying object (UFO), thrilling locals witnessing the event.

The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association on May 12 held a workshop on President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary activities in Russia and at K9 relic site in Hanoi's outlying district of Ba Vi.

A ceremony was held in Cao Lanh city in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on May 12 to launch a campaign on the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The eighth France-Vietnam Job Fair 2023 is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on May 13 and May 20, respectively.

VOV.VN - Facebooker Tran Van Bang of Ho Chi Minh City has been sentenced to eight years in prison for anti-State activities.

The Ministry of Health is continuing to develop a sustainable response plan to the COVID-19 pandemic in the new situation, considering the context of dangerous new variants appearing.