VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on May 30 received Secretary (East) of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Saurabh Kumar who was in Hanoi for the 12th political consultation and the ninth strategic dialogue between the two Foreign Ministries.

Australian Acting Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Ciaran Chestnutt on March 28 worked with leaders of Can Tho University in Can Tho city to discuss education cooperation results and orientations for the future.

VOV.VN - Louise Mushikiwabo, secretary-general of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), attended the launch of a Francophone space on March 25 at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV).

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia have officially taken on the role of co-chairs of the Southeast Asia Regional Program (SEARP) under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the term 2022-2025 from Thailand and the Republic of Korea.

Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang was selected as Acting Supreme Patriarch of the Patronage Council of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) at the 6th meeting of the 8th VBS Executive Council on December 31.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese acrobat duo the Giang Brothers have accepted an invitation to fly to Spain in order to break their own world record that they achieved back in 2016.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) on November 2 signed a contract to purchase an additional 25 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with the pharmaceutical multinational company AstraZeneca.

VOV.VN - Genetica, a genetic engineering company with patented technology from the United States, has signed a co-operation deal with the Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC) to develop a genome sequencing centre, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese artist Nguyen Bao Khanh is set to represent the nation by competing for the title of Best Southeast Asia Act at the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards, or the MTV EMA, which is scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, later this year.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations has called on the international community to strengthen cooperation and introduce effective solutions in order to combat terrorism amidst serious threats posed by IS activities in recent times.