VOV.VN - The Navy Command Region 4 announced on May 7 that ship 412 of the Region 4 Command had just handed over a drifting Filipino fisherman who was rescued by a Vietnamese fishing ship in the waters of the Truong Sa island district in Khanh Hoa province.

The first newspaper copies reporting the defeat of French colonialists in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in the northwestern province of Dien Bien 70 years ago are now exhibited at the Vietnam Press Museum in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Border guards operating in the central province of Ha Tinh said on May 7 that they have cracked down on a large drug trafficking ring from Laos, arresting six Laotian nationals in the process.

Vietnam has demonstrated a strong commitment to gender equality in its policies and laws, Ambassador and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Vietnam Julien Guerrier said when attending a policy dialogue on promoting gender equality held on May 6 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornu made a tour of major historical landmarks, including Hill A1 and general de Castries’s bunker system, in the former Dien Bien Phu battlefield in Dien Bien province on May 6.

VOV.VN - Heavy rain caused a landslide, killing three workers and injuring four others in central Ha Tinh province on May 6.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954), reporters of the Vietnam News Agency in Paris have visited 99-year-old Geneviève de Galard, the only female flight nurse of the French force in the historic 56-day campaign.

VOV.VN - Traditional handicrafts, typical food dishes, and special musical performances at the Vietnamese booth have drawn plenty of attention at the Foire de Paris (Paris Fair) 2024 which is underway in the French capital.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese mathematician Dr Pham Tuan Huy, a visiting clay scholar and Stanford Science fellow, has been awarded the Dénes König Prize for 2024 by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

VOV.VN - A painting contest themed “Vietnam today in children’s eyes” for students at more than 50 schools across Hungary is being held in order to introduce Vietnam to young Hungarian people.

The Latin American News Agency Prensa Latina recently ran an article titled "Derechos humanos en Vietnam: hechos, más que palabras" (Human rights in Vietnam: facts, more than words), highlighting Vietnam’s achievements in promoting human rights.

Vietnamese athletes bagged three gold and two bronze medals at the Hong Kong Athletics Championship which took place from May 4-5 at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground, Hong Kong (China).

VOV.VN -A person has been reported dead and 11 others missing after four fishing vessels capsized in fishing grounds off Quang Binh province’s coast due to strong winds, according to the Quang Binh provincial Fisheries Agency.

More than 200 overseas Vietnamese and French friends gathered with various organisations at the Place de la République in Paris on May 4 to express their support for Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga and Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims of Vietnam in a lawsuit against chemical companies that supplied herbicides to the US military during the war in Vietnam.

VOV.VN- Hordes of residents showed their joy to see armed forces and militia members march along the main streets of Dien Bien city on May 5 following the official rehearsal of a grand military parade in celebration for the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

The wildlife rescue, conservation, and development centre of the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh recently took in a wild cat and an Assam macaque, with care and rehabilitation process underway preparing for their release back into their natural habitat.

Experts and representatives from organisations shared their views on Vietnamese semiconductor human resources in the global supply chain at a conference in Hanoi on May 4.

Cherfaoui Tayeb, Chairman of the Algeria-Vietnam Friendship Association (AVFA) and a military veteran, has hailed Vietnam as a revolutionary example, with the Dien Bien Phu Victory as a crucial military art and a source of inspirations for national liberation movements in Africa.

The Royal Cambodian Army Command has recently held a ceremony to award 470 Friendship Orders of the Vietnamese State and certificates of merit to Cambodian police and military officers, and officials of localities.

The People's Committee of the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has issued a plan to launch a peak month in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, and prepared for the fifth working session with the European Commission (EC)’s inspection team.

VOV.VN - An official of the Ministry of Health has played down public worries about AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine side-effects after the pharmaceutical giant admitted that the vaccine may cause extremely rare side-effects such as blood clots and low platelet count.

The southern province of Dong Nai and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gyeongnam province signed a series of agreements on May 2 to deepen collaboration in labour and human resources training.

Vietnam has expressed its hope that Cambodia will soon provide information on Cambodia’s Funan-Techo canal project and join hands in assessing its impacts and seeking solutions to them.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese residents who fell victim to human trafficking in Laos have been rescued and assisted to return to their home country.

The 4th edition of VinFuture Prize, an annual international award that honours remarkable scientific breakthroughs and promotes innovations for humankind, has officially closed its nomination portal with a record of 1,469 submissions.

VOV.VN - A local resident was killed by lightning and over 1,200 houses were unroofed after thunderstorms slammed into the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Bac Kan, and Tuyen Quang from April 30 to May 1.

VOV.VN - A total of 347 traffic accidents occurred nationwide during the recent five-day break marking National Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labour Day (May 1), killing 138 people and injuring 285 others.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued an official dispatch, requesting ministries, sectors, and localities to continue vigorously and effectively implementing fire prevention and control measures nationwide.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is expected to brace for more severe heat waves in May due to the strong expansion of the western warm air, according to a national meteorologist.

Nearly 70 Vietnamese expatriates from 22 countries recently returned to their homeland and visited the Truong Sa (Spratly) and DKI platform, as part of a trip co-organised by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the High Command of the Vietnam People's Navy.