VOV.VN - General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, has affirmed that defence cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia has recently yielded practical and effective results.

The third Da Nang Asian Film Festival (DANAFF III), which is set to take place from June 29 to July 5 in the central coastal city of Da Nang, will screen more than 100 films.

VOV.VN - Dr. Nguyen Minh Hieu, a 35-year-old architect and lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City-based Ton Duc Thang University, has been awarded Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia (The Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) in recognition of his contributions to strengthening Italy-Vietnam friendship.

VOV.VN - Five crew member managed to escape a high-speed motorized boat before a fire burned down the passenger vessel in Quang Ninh, a tourist destination in northern Vietnam, on June 3.

VOV.VN - Sri Lanka wishes to learn from Vietnam’s experience in economic development, especially in attracting foreign direct investment, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya told a senior Vietnamese official during a meeting in Colombo on June 3.

VOV.VN - The June 5-7 visit to Estonia by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is expected to open up new directions for bilateral cooperation in politics, economy, and people-to-people exchanges, according to Hannes Hanso, ambassador of Estonia to China, concurrently accredited to Vietnam, Mongolia, and Thailand.

The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in partnership with Operation Smile and the General Hospital of Ba Vi district launched a free surgical programme for underprivileged children with deformities on June 3.

This year’s four-day National Day holiday, to be marked by a large-scale parade in Hanoi to celebrate the 80th anniversary of national independence, offers a golden opportunity for domestic tourism to thrive.

Hanoi has issued a resolution introducing a pilot programme for a number of special mechanisms and policies aimed at developing the city’s urban railway system.

Politburo member, Permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu on June 3 received Acting Chairman of the Commission for External Relations of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee Bounleua Phandanouvong, who is on a three-day official visit to Vietnam.