For the first time in Olympic history, national flags will be carried by two athletes at the Games, and runner Quach Thi Lan and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang have the honour of carrying the Vietnamese flag at the upcoming Tokyo Games’ opening ceremony.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches importance to relations with Utah and other US states and considers this one of the nine pillars in the comprehensive partnership, has said Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc.

VOV.VN - An international teleconference, the largest of its kind, was held on July 15 in a bid to promote the consumption of fresh longans originating from the northern province of Hung Yen, along with a range of other local agricultural products.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended the Special ASEAN - US Foreign Ministerial Meeting held virtually on July 14 under the co-chair of Lao Foreign Minister Saleumsay Kommasith and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

VOV.VN - A local horror film named "Người lắng nghe: Lời thì thầm" (Listeners-The Whispering), won the Best Feature Micro-Budget Under US$250,000 award at a virtual ceremony held on July 12 at the 2021 International New York Film Festival.

Vietnamese movie star Ngo Thanh Van, known as VanVeronica, will be seen in part two of a US superhero film starring Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne and Matthias Schoenaerts.

VOV.VN - A plane carrying 2,000,040 doses of Moderna vaccine donated by the US touched down at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on July 10.

VOV.VN - A set of remains of a US serviceman who died during the Vietnam War was handed over to the US at a ceremony held in Hanoi on July 9.

VOV.VN - The nation recorded an estimated trade deficit of US$1.47 billion during the first half of the year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - The US Department of Defense has presented a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine and mobile lab equipment to the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam to enhance its mobile testing capabilities.