President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with President of the Japanese House of Councillors Otsuji Hidehisa in Tokyo on September 26 as part of his stay to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in HCM City will stage a special performance entirely devoted to Italian music on September 23 evening at the Saigon Opera House.

A delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and National Council of the Solidarity Front for Development of the Cambodia on September 19 handed over 10 charitable houses and 300 packages of gifts to households living in difficult circumstances along the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

The Vietnam National Opera & Ballet (VNOB) will bring back the musical “Les Miserables” to the stage at the Hanoi Opera House for two nights of September 29-30.

A 600-sqm memorial house where remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers dying in battle in Cambodia will be kept was inaugurated in the north-western province of Battambang on September 10.

A total of 51 Production Unit Codes (PUCs) and 25 Pack House Codes (PHCs) in Vietnam have been recognised as eligible for export of fresh durian to China, according to the Vietnam Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietnam).

As of September 7, more than 4.6 million labourers nationwide had received housing rent support worth over VND3.1 trillion (over US$131.46 million) under a recent decision of the Prime Minister, equivalent to 83.3% of the total approved registrations.

VOV.VN - A range of cultural activities are getting underway in Hanoi’s Old Quarter from September 7 to 10 to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival 2022 that falls on September 10 this year.

More than VND55 trillion (US$2.33 billion) has been disbursed so far to financially support people and enterprises hurt by the COVID-19 as part of the national socio-economic recovery and development programme, according to a report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong offered incense on September 1 in memory of President Ho Chi Minh at House 67 in the Ho Chi Minh relic site, where the late President passed away on September 2, 1969.