VOV.VN - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has completed plans to host two important friendly matches during the upcoming FIFA Days in September, serving as a warm-up for the 2024 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held a meeting on August 7 with representatives of the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan (AVIJ) and awarded orders and medals to Japanese friends, as part of his official visit to the East Asian country.

Overseas Vietnamese, those from Vietnamese associations and organisations, international agencies and foreigners and locals in many countries came to Vietnam's diplomatic missions abroad to pay respects for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on July 25 and 26.

International friends have continued to express their respect and admiration for the significant contributions of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong following his recent passing.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was a leader of integrity who was tireless in his efforts for building and development of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Martín Hacthoun, a journalist from Prensa Latina, told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s correspondents in Havana.

Dr. Sandra Scagliotti, a researcher on Vietnam and Honorary Consul of Vietnam in the Piedmont and Liguria regions of Italy, and Honorary French Senator and Honorary President of the France - Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV) are two women who are living in two different countries but sharing the same love for Vietnam and respect for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - Park Hang-seo, former chief coach of the Vietnam national football team, will lead his ex- players in a friendly match to raise funds for charity in Binh Duong, southern Vietnam, on July 12.

VOV.VN - The national squad will take on India and Lebanon in friendly matches this October before the start of the 2024 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup.

About 100 anglers from Vietnam and China's Guangxi will take part in the second qualifying round of the Vietnam - China International Sport Fishing Friendly Tournament held at the MIDI sport fishing lake in Ho Chi Minh City's Thu Duc city from June 21-24, according to the Vietnam Sport Fishing Association.

VOV.VN - A conference held recently in Moscow to discuss the Vietnam-Russia relations 30 years after the signing of the bilateral Treaty on Principles of Friendly Relations, with the participation of Vietnamese and Russian experts.