VOV.VN - The authorities of Prey Veng province in Cambodia announced on June 6 that a 69-year-old Vietnamese citizen who had previously tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus died after undergoing a week of treatment.

VOV.VN - VOV World Service (VOVWorld) has launched a contest for Overseas Vietnamese to show their talent of singing folk songs on radio.

Various activities have been held by overseas Vietnamese over the past few days to celebrate the 131st birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - 2021).

The Vietnamese Veterans’ Association in Russia organised an ceremony in Moscow on April 30 to mark Vietnam’s 46th National Reunification Day and the association’s fifth founding anniversary.

As many as 17 collectives and 33 individuals were honoured at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20 for their achievements in overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs in the city for the 2018-2020 period.

Ho Chi Minh City will host a ceremony on April 20 to honour 33 outstanding collectives and 17 individuals of the Vietnamese community abroad, according to the city’s Committee for Overseas Vietnamese.

The Da Nang People’s Committee issued on April 15 a document on the reception and health quarantine of overseas Vietnamese citizens coming to the central city.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12 received over VND34 billion (US$1.47 million) from businesses, local residents and overseas Vietnamese to buy COVID-19 vaccines.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US has repeatedly contacted with and canvassed authorities and parliaments of the US and its states for ensuring security and safety as well as the right to access to full services for Vietnamese citizens and Vietnamese Americans in the US, given increasing discriminations against the Asian American community.

The new government should set forth policies to facilitate investment and connectivity between overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese-German entrepreneurs and experts in Germany with the homeland, said several Vietnamese intellectuals in the European country when being asked about their expectations of Vietnam’s newly-elected government.