VOV.VN - An annual international painting contest titled “I love Hanoi - City for Peace” has been launched to mark the city’s 69th Liberation Day (Oct. 10).

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang stressed Vietnam’s commitment to making all-out contributions for the sake of peace, cooperation, stability, and prosperous development in Asia and the world while speaking at the 28th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan, on May 25.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 21 delivered a speech at the G7 expanded Summit’s working session named "Towards a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous World”, in which he affirmed Vietnam will do its best to jointly contribute to peace, stability and sustainable development of mankind.

The General Union of Vietnamese in France (UGVF) on May 13 held a get-together and a photo exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) (January 27, 1973).

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to UN Women Representative in Vietnam Elisa Fernandez, during a ceremony in Hanoi on May 10.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), presented an insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to Park Hang-seo, former head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 9.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has been named among the Top 5 most attractive destinations in Asia, reported renowned Canadian travel site The Travel.

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.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony renaming the Peace Park in Plaza district, Havana, to Ho Chi Minh in honour of the late Vietnamese President and attaching a plate recording his life and career at the park on April 20 afternoon (Cuban time).

The Vietnam Peace Committee, the United Nations, the Embassy of Israel, and the German Embassy in Vietnam jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 29 to commemorate Holocaust victims with the message “Never forget and learn the lesson of peace.”