The United States Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the UN Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam, on June 7 launched an initiative in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to build up local capacities to detect, prevent, and respond to climate change-related emerging infectious diseases.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on June 4 had a phone call to Senator Jeff Merkley, chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies of the US Senate Appropriations Committee, who again voiced the US’s support for a strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 30 for Chief Operations Officer of the Denmark-based LEGO Group Carsten Rasmussen who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that Vietnam’s coffee output in the 2023–2024 crop year is estimated to decrease by 20% compared to the previous crop year, to 1.47 million tonnes, the lowest in four years, putting pressure on Robusta supply in the world market.

VOV.VN - The partnership between Vietnam and the European Union has stood the test of time over the past more than three decades and is bearing fruits, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu at a commemorative ceremony of Europe Day in Hanoi on May 9 evening.

VOV.VN - French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu and Secretary of State Patricia Miralles will visit Vietnam and attend a grand ceremony on May 7 to mark 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonialism.

The 4th edition of VinFuture Prize, an annual international award that honours remarkable scientific breakthroughs and promotes innovations for humankind, has officially closed its nomination portal with a record of 1,469 submissions.

A meeting took place in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on April 25 to introduce the project “Smart Agro-ecological Transformation of Farming Systems towards Resilience and Sustainability in Middle and Coastal Zones of the Vietnam Mekong Delta (STAR-FARM)”.

A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) led by Deputy Auditor General Nguyen Tuan Anh attended the 26th symposium co-organised by the United Nations (UN) and the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) in Vienna, Austria, as part of their working trip from April 15-21.

A representative of Vietnam has affirmed the youth’s commitment to joining hands in climate change response, while attending a plenary session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum in New York on April 17.