Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn has praised the Vietnamese community’s strong contributions to her country over the past 50 years during her visit to the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) Fair at Fairfield Showground, Sydney's Greater Western.

VOV.VN - 81% of Vietnamese travelers say they are likely to use artificial intelligence (AI) for their next trip, the highest rate in Asia and above the regional average of 63%, according to Agoda’s 2026 Travel Outlook Report.

Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, who is Special Envoy of Party General Secretary To Lam, met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia on February 25 to brief participants on the major outcomes of the CPV’s 14th Party Congress.

VOV.VN - Trinh Van Quyet, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization, has clarified new and core elements of Resolution No. 80 on the development of Vietnamese culture, stressing the need for strategic breakthroughs to make culture a foundation, a pillar and an endogenous resource for the country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for closer cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Russian news agency TASS while receiving TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov in Hanoi on February 25.

The IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems in Austria, on February 24, held a graduation ceremony for 30 Vietnamese students, the first cohort of a high-quality nursing training programme.

Vietnamese scientists have, for the first time, successfully decoded mitochondrial genomes from ancient human bone samples dating back around 2,000 years, marking a significant breakthrough in genetic and archaeological research.

Petrovietnam Ca Mau Fertiliser Corporation (PVCFC), a subsidiary of Vietnam National Industry – Energy Group (Petrovietnam), has successfully exported its first shipment of 40,000 tonnes of fertiliser to the US, one of the world’s largest and most demanding import markets.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged Vietnam’s health sector not to miss even the smallest opportunity to treat patients, as he met leading medical experts, scientists and directors of central hospitals on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of Vietnamese Physicians’ Day (February 27).

VOV.VN - Two more Vietnamese celebrities Miss Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen and Miss Grand Vietnam Doan Thien An have been officially nominated for the 2026 Top 100 Most Beautiful Faces in the World, an annual ranking by TC Candler.