Party General Secretary and State President To Lam offered incense and flowers in tribute to late senior leaders at their private residences in Ho Chi Minh City on April 26, on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 – 2026).

On July 12, 1995 (Hanoi time), US President Bill Clinton and Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet announced the full normalisation of the two countries' diplomatic ties, marking a historic turning point in the Vietnam – US relations.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense in tribute to late government leaders Pham Hung, Vo Van Kiet and Phan Van Khai and visited their families in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival - the biggest and longest festival of Vietnamese people in a year.

A grand ceremony commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet (1922-2008) took place on November 23 in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long – the late leader’s native place.

VOV.VN - Late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet (November 23, 1922-June 11, 2008) ¬- the architect of Vietnam’s economic reform in the 1990s - was a leader of strategic vision, determined to think and act and take responsibility.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State led by Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh laid a wreath and offered incense at late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet’s tomb in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22 on his centenary birth anniversary.

A photo exhibition featuring the life and career of late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 21, on his 100th birth anniversary (November 23).

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the US have undergone many upheavals to build up trust and become friends over the past 25 years. Both countries have established the comprehensive partnership and they are now looking forward to a better future.