VOV.VN - “ Up to now, it can be assessed that the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and the People's Councils at all-levels for the 2021 to 2026 term has taken place successfully," has said Bui Van Cuong, Secretary General of the National Assembly.

Indian media have spotlighted the significance and Vietnam’s preparations for the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure on May 23.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered a speech at the 26th International Conference on The Future of Asia, which opened in Tokyo on May 20.The following is the full text of his remarks at the event.

Vietnam’s exports to the US surged 50.1% in the first four months of this year, reaching US$30.3 billion, making the latter the largest export market of the former, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported.

A portrait, titled La Joconde (Mona Lisa), by late painter Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980) will be available for bidding on May 24 as part of the Christie’s Hong Kong Spring Auctions.

Despite the pandemic restrictions, the race to open more shops between coffee brands continues full steam ahead.

Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) laid a wreath at the statue of President Ho Chi Minh at the Peace Park in Havana on the occasion of the Vietnamese leader’s 131st birthday (May 19).

VOV.VN - The local authorities of Loc Ha district in Ha Tinh province have released a rare sea turtle that was accidentally caught by a local fisherman back into the ocean so it can return to its natural habitat.

Chairman of the 14th National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue, who is also head of the National Election Council, chaired a national teleconference on May 18 to review preparations for the coming elections.

The US-based Furniture Today website on May 17 ran an article on Vietnam’s overtaking China in furniture shipments to the US for the first time ever in 2020.