VOV.VN - A consultative workshop for Latin American and Caribbean member states of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held in Panama City, Panama, over the past week.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and extended Tet greetings to medical staff and patients at Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc University Hospital in Hanoi while inspecting healthcare services during the holiday at these two leading central hospitals on February 16, or the last day of the Year of the Snake.

VOV.VN - The first international short documentary film festival dedicated exclusively to Vietnamese culture, titled Viet Culture in Motion, has been launched by ART SPACE, a France-based association for cultural development promotion.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat on January 14 briefed international media in New York on preparations for the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, an event expected to set the country’s development direction for the coming decades.

Viet Industry 2026, the International Exhibition on Infrastructure, Construction, and Industrial Utilities, is scheduled to convene at the Vietnam Exposition Centre in Hanoi’s outlying Dong Anh commune from September 16 to 18.

Vietnam has steadily reaffirmed its role, reputation, and distinct identity at the United Nations (UN) by actively and responsibly engaging in hundreds of UN meetings and making substantive contributions to common global efforts, according to Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

The first-instance trial of 55 defendants in a bribery case involving the Food Safety Authority (VFA) under the Ministry of Health is scheduled to commence on January 5, according to a decision issued by the Hanoi People’s Court on December 22.

VOV.VN - In early winter, Ban Viet Lake, an artificial lake in northern Cao Bang province, takes on a brilliant red cloak as surrounding sweetgum forests change colour, attracting visitors in search of tranquil beauty in the mountains.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has made substantive contributions to new developments in ocean governance and stepped up efforts to promote the effective implementation of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) at the UN General Assembly’s annual plenary debate on oceans and the law of the sea held in New York from December 8-9.

The Tinh Hoa Viet 2025 Award, an nationwide award that honours contributors to the development of Vietnamese culture, has released its music video (MV) Vietnam Tinh Hoa on Youtube, conveying the message that preserving Vietnamese cultural identity relies on the creative community joining hands.