VOV.VN - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) will help build an additional 1,450 flood-resistant houses for poor households in coastal provinces of Vietnam in the future, said Caitlin Wiesen, resident representative of the UNDP in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese athletes clinched five golds in Wushu and Rowing at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 13 morning, helping their hosts Vietnam retain top place in the medal table with 15 golds.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue received President of the Lao People’s Supreme Court Viengthong Siphandone in Hanoi on May 12.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue will lead a high-level NA delegation to make an official visit to Laos from May 15-17, the NA’s Committee for External Relations announced on May 12.

VOV.VN - The United States Congress has consistently had senators who are highly supportive of ties with Vietnam, said Patrick Leahy, president pro tempore of the US Senate, during a recent meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh who is on a working visit to the US.

The 11th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on May 11 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

AEON Mall Vietnam plans to build its first trading centre in the central region, AEON Mall Hue, covering a total 86,000sq.m, with an investment of US$170 million in Thua Thien-Hue province’s An Van Duong new urban area.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhism Sangha Executive Council of Thua Thien-Hue province hosted a ceremony on the bank of the Huong (Perfume) River on May 8 evening to celebrate the 2566th birthday of Lord Buddha.

VOV.VN - A culinary festival themed “Hue – the capital of gastronomy” officially opened at Tu Tuong Park in the former imperial city of Hue on the evening of April 30.

VOV.VN - On the basis of sound political relations and mutual trust, Vietnam and Japan can promote their extensive strategic partnership in a more substantive and efficient manner in the time ahead.