VOV.VN - Crowds of residents gathered at Vinh Nghiem pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on July 22 to pay tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who passed away in Hanoi on July 19.

VOV.VN - As many as 63 foreign and four local carriers have been operating nearly 160 international routes connecting Vietnam to other countries around the world in the first half of the year, according to details given by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Leaders of communist and left-wing parties around the world have expressed admiration and highlighted the great contributions of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to Vietnam’s development.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, who is also Chairwoman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA), has met representatives of the Vietnamese community in France and attended a ceremony to launch an event honouring the Vietnamese language in Paris.

VOV.VN - State offices and public buildings are flying the national flag at half-mast, while all entertainment and sports activities have been brought to a halt ahead of the two-day State funeral of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong which will take place on July 25 and July 26.

VOV.VN - Storm Prapiroon is gaining strength and is forecast to enter the Gulf of Tonkin on July 22 after passing by Hainan Island of China, causing heavy rainfall in the northern region, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Many overseas Vietnamese (OVs) have grieved over the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who was an excellent leader of the Party, State, and people of Vietnam and devoted himself to working for the people’s sake.

After the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Vietnamese community in Vientiane, Laos, has come together to mourn the loss of an exemplary figure, a distinguished disciple of President Ho Chi Minh.

Vietnam's national team has secured impressive results at the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in the UK, the Ministry of Education and Training has announced.

Painter and photographer Vu Kim Thanh, currently Deputy Director of the Vietnamese Family Partnership (VFP), a London-based charity that aims to bring Vietnamese community together, said he was shocked and deeply sad upon hearing the news on the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

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.