The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) is striving to mobilise VND400 billion (US$17 million) for humanitarian activities during the Humanitarian Month 2023 starting from May 1.

Vietnam's agricultural product exports to China are facing increasing difficulties due to tightening export requirements, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - Five bodies in a recent helicopter crash in Ha Long Bay have been recovered, two days after the incident occurred in the sea between Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province, north of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam made active contributions to the recent 52nd session of the UN Human Right Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, by putting forward an initiative aimed at marking 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 30 years of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.

Cross-border activities have been smooth sailing at the Huu Nghi International Border Gate since China reopened its border with Vietnam in the middle of this month.

VOV.VN - Border guards based in the northern province of Dien Bien and the Laotian province of Luang Prabang have conducted a joint patrol along the shared border.

VOV.VN - Numerous activities aimed at promoting Vietnamese culture were held at the Municipal Theater of Fontainebleau in France on March 14.

Vietnam ranked fourth out of 20 countries with the largest volume of plastic waste discharged into the sea.

State budget collection from export-import activities in the first two months stood at VND56.33 trillion (US$2.37 billion), or 13.3% of the estimate, down 19.4% year-on-year, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs (Vietnam Customs).

State management and law enforcement agencies, and non-governmental organisations have taken actions to limit the decline and extinction of wildlife species in Vietnam.