VOV.VN - Nearly 20 wives of foreign ambassadors based in Vietnam joined a tour on October 19 to discover lacquer paintings at the National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

Vietnam and Algeria have enjoyed sound traditional friendship over the past six decades, Algerian Ambassador to Vietnam Boubazine Abdelhamid said in an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam-Algeria diplomatic relations.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Jin, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on October 18.

A fine arts exhibition is being co-held by the northern city of Hai Phong and the Republic of Korea’s Gwangju city, displaying over 100 works by 90 painters from both sides.

VOV.VN - The 10th Vietnamese culture-tourism festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea, is underway in Seoul and Gwang, from October 14 to October 19.

VOV.VN - Budget carrier Vietjet Air has announced plans to open direct flight routes between Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, and Khanh Hoa province in central Vietnam, as part of activities to celebrate 30 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

VOV.VN - An art programme - United Family Concert – will be held at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on October 14 to mark 30 years of diplomacy between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

A friendship golf tournament was held on October 8 in Vientiane, the capital of Laos to celebrate the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.

An exhibition on paintings and comic books marking 30 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea will be held at the S.hub Kids in the Ho Chi Minh City General Science Library on October 6.

Three more people, including two former diplomatic officials, have been arrested for their involvement in a bribery case at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Consular Department, Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of the Office and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, said on October 4.