VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have agreed to further bring into play the traditional close-knit friendship so as to take both nations’ strategic partnership to new heights.

The 42nd UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year competition (national round) was kicked off in Hanoi on May 9.

VOV.VN - Politburo member and Minister of Public Security To Lam held talks with Palestinian Minister of the Interior Ziad Hab Al-Reeh on May 9 in Hanoi following an official welcoming ceremony held for the latter.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed Vietnam's foreign policy of strengthening ties with Palestine, while receiving Palestinian Minister of the Interior Ziad Hab Al-Reeh in Hanoi on May 8.

With the 2023 ASEAN theme of “ASEAN Matters: Epicentre of Growth”, the coming 42nd ASEAN Summit reflects member countries’ wish and efforts to turn the bloc into a growth epicentre that leads cooperation and connectivity processes in the region and contributes to the common goal of peace, stability, and prosperity.

VOV.VN - Europe Village, the largest European cultural event themed “Adventures of the Senses”, will take place in Hanoi from 6 p.m. on 12 May to 9 p.m. on 14 May at pedestrian zones around Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi as part of the European Days in Vietnam 2023.

VOV.VN - A cold spell is spreading across the northern and central regions of Vietnam, helping to beat the extreme heat wave that has hit the regions for the past few days.

President of the National Association of Former Prisoners of Indochina (ANAPI) Gen. Philippe de Maleissye has showed the clumps of soil and rocks he had brought back from his recent trip to Vietnam, which were taken from Hill A1, the site of some of the fiercest fights in the Dien Bien Phu campaign, while talking with Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Paris.

VOV.VN - As the host country of the 32nd SEA Games, Cambodia impressed audiences around the world by putting on an impressive opening ceremony on the same scale as the Olympic Games.

President Vo Van Thuong visited the British Museum, where Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, V.I. Lenin, and many other great thinkers used to work, as part of his trip to the UK on May 5 morning (local time).