During his theoretical research career, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was a post-graducate student at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA or Presidential Academy) - the largest educational institution in Russia.

VOV.VN - During the two-day State funeral on July 25 - 26, hordes of Buddhist monks, nuns, and followers joined local residents for a requiem in commemoration of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at Quan Su pagoda in Hanoi.

A first-ever ceremony to honour the Vietnamese language in Europe and the donation of Vietnamese book collections took place in Prague and Brno, the two Czech cities with the largest Vietnamese populations, as part of a working visit to the Czech Republic by a foreign ministry delegation led by Deputy Minister Le Thi Thu Hang on July 24 and 25.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in the central province of Quang Tri said on July 25 that they have smashed a major drug trafficking ring which had been transporting illegal substances into the nation from Laos, arresting three Vietnamese nationals in the process.

VOV.VN - People from all walks of life across the country came together to pay their respects to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, the Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, and in his hometown in Dong Hoi commune of Hanoi’s Dong Anh district on the morning of July 26.

The technical monitoring system of the Authority of Information Security (AIS), under the Ministry of Information and Communications, recorded 90,033 information security weaknesses and vulnerabilities of agencies and organisations in Vietnam last month.

VOV.VN - Many mourners could not hold back their tears when they paid their respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during his funeral service in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on July 25 evening.

The 10th International Conference in Vietnam on the Development of Biomedical Engineering (BME10) opened on July 25 in Phan Thiet city, south central province of Binh Thuan.

A flock of Oriental darters (Anhinga melanogaster), an endangered bird species, have been nesting on an islet in Long An lake in Buu Long tourist site in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to Tran Dang Ninh, chairman of a company that manages the site.

VOV.VN - Alongside the grieving family members of the deceased Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnamese people also show their emotional feelings for the respected Party leader at the funeral service in Hanoi on July 25.