VOV.VN - Local rubber exports to the Netherlands during the first quarter of the year reached 3,030 tonnes, worth US$4.38 million, representing a rise of 31.2% in volume and 11.3% in value on-year, according to figures given by the Import and Export Department.

VOV.VN - The second international hot air balloon festival 2023 kicked off on April 28 at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.

Cities and provinces nationwide are offering various tours and activities to attract visitors during the upcoming five-day holiday on the occasion of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30) and International May Day (May 1).

VOV.VN - Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport have recently halted a haul of 11.8 kilograms of rhino horns and 4.7 kilograms of ivory elephant tusks smuggled into Vietnam.

Vietnam send strongest athletes to compete at the Badminton Asia Championship from April 25-30 at the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall in Dubai, the UAE.

VOV.VN - Vietnam places great importance on reinforcing traditional friendship and cooperation with Belarus, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, while receiving visiting Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vladimirovich Kubrakov in Hanoi on April 26.

VOV.VN - An array of Vietnamese books will be introduced at the Kuala Lumpur international book fair in Malaysia which will run from April 30 to June 1.

VOV.VN - The 2023 International Hot Air Balloon Festival officially opened on April 25 in Quy Nhon city in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh.

VOV.VN - Judge Albert Hoffmann, president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), lauded Vietnamese efforts in enforcing the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), during a recent working session with Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh.

VOV.VN - A wide range of cultural exchange activities are scheduled to take place in the capital to introduce Indian culture, according to the Hanoi People's Committee.