VOV.VN - Nearly 837,632 Vietnamese tourists headed to Laos in 2023, the second biggest number of foreign visitors to the neighbouring country, according to figures given by the Laos Tourism Development Department.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception on March 3 for Russian First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs V. Titov who is in Hanoi for the 13th Vietnam-Russia strategic dialogue on diplomacy, defence and security.

VOV.VN - A number of international cruise ships carrying thousands of foreign tourists are due to visit popular sites nationwide in March.

VOV.VN - Five wives of the ambassadors from Armenia, Morocco, Indonesia, the United States, and the Czech Republic came together to model at the launching ceremony of Vietnam Ao Dai Week 2024 which was held on February 29 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defense Micheál Martin agreed on orientations and measures to boost ties between the two nations in the time ahead, during talks held on February 29 in Ireland as part of the Vietnamese diplomat’s official visit to the European nation.

Ten Indonesians and one Malaysian who are crewmembers of vessel Samudra Indah II in distress off the coast of Vietnam were handed over to representatives of the two countries’ consulates general in Ho Chi Minh City on February 29.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has announced a certification programme for foreign teachers at English and computer science centres in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam reached more than three million in the first two months of the year, up by 68.7% compared to the same period from last year, as announced on February 29 by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had separate meetings in Geneva on February 27 with United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, Minister of the People's Power for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Yvan Gil Pinto, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pam Damoff on the sidelines of the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

VOV.VN - The official visit to Ireland on February 28-29 by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son will mark a new stage of development in bilateral relationship, developing it in a more intensive, effective and sustainable manner, especially in of politics, diplomacy, economics, trade, investment, climate change response, green growth, education and training, and people-to-people exchanges.