VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Japanese counterpart Kamikawa Yoko co-chaired the 12th meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee, and held talks on August 7, as part of the Vietnamese diplomat’s official visit to Japan from August 7-10.

VOV.VN - Four Vietnamese films are due to be screened nationwide from August 19 to September 5 as part of activities to mark the 79th anniversary of the August Revolution on August 19 and the country's National Day on September 2.

The US will back Da Nang in combating transnational crime, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the US Department of State Shelby Smith-Wilson said at a meeting with officials of the city on August 1.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang held talks on August 1 with John Lee Ka-chiu, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China), who is on an official visit to Vietnam from July 31 to August 2.

VOV.VN - As many as 250 experts and scholars from 40 countries and territories worldwide will attend the 2024 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, East & Southeast Asia (AMES-E/SE) in Ho Chi Minh City from August 2-4 to discuss burning issues of the global economy.

Leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) Gennady Zyuganov, who was a classmate of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during the time he studied in the Soviet Union, shared memories of his great friend and respectfully referred to the Vietnamese Party leader as a 'true Marxist," and a worthy successor of President Ho Chi Minh.

VOV.VN - Local contestant Doan Cong Vinh bagged a silver medal in the Best Physique sub-contest as part of the ongoing Man of The World 2024 male pageant which recently concluded in the Philippines.

Vietnamese-American director Bao Nguyen and his music documentary The Greatest Night in Pop have received three prestigious Emmy Award nominations.

VOV.VN - Well-known film critic website IndieWire has named Vietnamese film “Ben Trong Vo Ken Vang”, known as “Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell” in English, among its top 20 Best Movies of 2024.

VOV.VN - The Astérix comic book festival is set to visit Hanoi on July 20 before heading to Ho Chi Minh City a week later as part of the buildup to the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as to mark the launch of three new volumes in the Astérix book series.