VOV.VN - Vietnam and Sweden have shared an ambition to elevate bilateral relations toward innovation-driven and sustainable development-oriented cooperation, during a meeting in Hanoi on May 19 between Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and Sweden’s State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Dag Hartelius.

VOV.VN - Amid the unpredictable spring rain and blazing sun sweeping across Thanh Hoa province’s rice fields, farmers race against time to save their harvest, while police officers stand shoulder to shoulder with farmers, cutting rice, carrying grain, and supporting struggling households.

VOV.VN - A graduation ceremony was held on May 19 for an advanced political theory course designed for officials from Champasak province, Laos, at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Region II.

The Coast Guard Region 2 Command and the Quang Ngai provincial Party Committee’s Board for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation on May 19 held a communication conference in Sa Huynh ward to raise awareness about combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Vietnam always attaches importance to building substantive cooperation with relevant agencies of Croatia, a country with an increasingly important position in the European Union, Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang has said.

The Embassy of Vietnam in New Zealand, in its capacity as the coordinator for the ASEAN-New Zealand dialogue partnership and Chair of the ASEAN Committee in Wellington (ACW), supported the successful organisation of the New Zealand Model ASEAN Meeting (NZMAM) 2026 in Wellington from May 16-18.

VOV.VN - Hanoi police have dismantled a large-scale gold smuggling ring involving Chinese nationals, seizing about 5 kilograms of gold and uncovering transactions worth an estimated VND1.2 trillion (approximately US$47 million).

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang highlighted potential for defence cooperation between Vietnam and Croatia while receiving Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman in Hanoi on May 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang received Deputy United States Trade Representative Rick Switzer in Hanoi on May 19, focusing on bilateral economic, trade and law enforcement cooperation.

The Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security on May 19 held a conference in Hanoi to launch the ministry’s shared software system for temporary residence declarations for foreigners and lodging notifications for Vietnamese citizens.