VOV.VN - The National Assembly is scheduled to elect a new State President of Vietnam at an extraordinary session in Hanoi on March 2.

The Presidential Office hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on February 4 to hand over work between former President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc beat the drum to kick off the 2023 “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest annual event for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the (Tet) Lunar New Year festival, at an art programme in Hanoi on January 14.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and representatives of the overseas Vietnamese attending the Homeland Spring 2023 programme on January 14 offered incense at the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi, on the occasion of the coming traditional Lunar New Year which will arrive later next week.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 13 for 25 international guests from 15 countries who came to Vietnam for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords).

VOV.VN - Japan is Vietnam’s extensive strategic partner for peace, and Vietnam always places great importance to the relations across the board.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese senior leaders on January 5 offered condolences to the Vatican on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

VOV.VN - Indian and Australian Ambassadors have expressed their optimism about relations with Vietnam this year across multiple fields in their remarks for the New Year.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received the outgoing ambassadors of Sri Lanka and Cambodia, who came to bid their farewells, in Hanoi on December 28.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed hope that the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) will encourage Indonesian businesses to pour greater investments into the Vietnamese market, during a meeting held on December 23 with KADIN Chairman Arsjad Rasjid in Jakarta.