VOV.VN - Environmental pollution from waste, especially plastic waste, is becoming increasingly urgent, seriously threatening the economy and human life, requiring strong global action.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has reaffirmed Vietnam’s strong commitment and resolve to effectively implement the Plan of Action of the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ), while addressing a SEANWFZ Commission meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 11.

The Government has assigned the Ministry of Education and Training to closely coordinate with the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to develop a project to turn the city into an international centre for education and training to attract students from the Southeast Asia region and the world.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision approving a 2023 to 2025 national action programme on the settlement of consequences of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) left by previous wars.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on June 16 for Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti, Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Vietnam, and Ambassador of Switzerland to Vietnam Thomas Gass.

VOV.VN - Canada seeks to promote the global carbon pricing initiative and expects Vietnam to consider joining this programme, said Catherine Stewart, ambassador for Climate Change of Canada.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on June 8 to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) and the 35th anniversary of the joint operation to search for US servicemen who were reported missing in action (MIA) during the war in Vietnam.

The People’s Committee of central Quang Nam province on May 29 hosted a reception for a delegation of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) led by Chairman of its Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Committee Grant Townsend Coates.

VOV.VN - An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary career has taken place in Brussels, Belgium, giving peace lovers great insights into the life of the late leader, who has been recognized by UNESCO as a Hero of National Liberation and a Great Man of Culture of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) launched a new task force to promote innovation and catalyze investment in effective solutions for reducing plastic waste and pollution in Vietnam.