The 9th Hanoi Book Fair will be held from September 27 -29 under the theme "Hanoi: Capital of Culture and Heroes - City for Peace".

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 20 for Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Funakoshi Takehiro.

Vice Chairman of the Can Tho municipal People's Committee Duong Tan Hien had a meeting with Farchad Kaviani, Managing Director of Southeast Asia of SUEZ Group of France on August 20, during which they discussed the possibility of cooperation in projects related to water supply, wastewater treatment, and waste management.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung unveiled the successful outcomes of the state visit to China by Party General Secretary and President To Lam from August 18-20, in a press briefing in Hanoi on August 20.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee and Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang held talks with State Councillor and Minister of Public Security of China Wang Xiaohong in Beijing on August 20.

Vietnam and China have issued a joint statement on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and building a Vietnam-China community with a shared future on the occasion of state visit to China by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam from August 18-20.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang held a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Senior Lieutenant General Dong Jun on August 20, on the occasion of the state visit by Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse to China.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife paid a state visit to China from August 18-20 at the invitation of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.

A photo exhibition named “The Imprint of General Vo Nguyen Giap on Dien Bien Phu” opened in the central province of Quang Binh – the hometown of the General - on August 20.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has cabled a message of congratulations to Hungarian President Sulyok Tamas on the State Foundation Day of the European nation (August 20).