VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on May 24 sent his condolences to families of the victims of a deadly boarding house fire in downtown Hanoi.

VOV.VN - At least 14 people, mostly students, were killed in a fire at a three-storey boarding house in Trung Hoa ward of Cau Giay district, Hanoi, on May 24 morning.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on May 23 came to offer condolences to the Iranian Embassy in Hanoi over the deaths of the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and some senior officials in a recent helicopter crash.

Hanoi's Department of Transport, with support of the Partnership Programme for Healthy Cities (PHC), the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) and the municipal People's Committee, has launched a pilot programme to enhance traffic safety around schools.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) held a grand ceremony in Hanoi on May 22, the 15th day of the fourth lunar month, to mark the Lord Buddha’s birthday (Vesak Day).

VOV.VN - Cinema lovers will have the chance to enjoy exciting African films at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), which is scheduled to take place from in Hanoi from May 25 to 29.

VOV.VN - A total of 20 chess players from six countries and territories globally are participating in the Hanoi GM/IM/WGM Chess tournament 2024, giving both local and foreign contestants the opportunity to gain international standards.

VOV.VN - The Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) platform shares common principles among member countries in addressing climate change as a global challenge while ensuring energy security, and economic growth, and pursuing carbon neutrality/zero emissions through various pathways according to each country’s national circumstance.

The Hanoi People's Court sentenced a total of 21 defendants involved in a transnational money laundering ring led by Chinese nationals.

Vietnamese cuisine in the US has come of age in the past decade or so, however, taste buds are still looking for truly authentic Hanoi specialties, especially for Hanoians in the host country or people who fall in love with the thousand-year city’s quintessence of foods.