Former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and five other defendants in the Viet A case had their sentences reduced during an appeal court hearing in Hanoi on May 17.

VOV.VN - The country's economic growth this year is projected to reach below 6%, according to Dr. Nguyen Quoc Viet, vice director of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).

The High People's Court in Hanoi will hear the appeals of former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and 10 other defendants in the COVID-19 test kit fraud that occurred at Viet A Technologies JSC, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Science and Technology and related agencies and organisations, on May 15.

VOV.VN - “Net Dep Viet” (Beauty Vietnam) Season 2 programme will go live on social media platform TikTok as part of the country’s tourism promotion programme.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has seriously implemented the approved recommendations on human rights of the previous cycle by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group and achieved many positive results, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet.

VOV.VN - The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) approved Vietnam’s National Report at its 46th session (fourth cycle) in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 10 (local time).

VOV.VN - Participating countries at the dialogue have acknowledged Vietnam's policies, efforts and achievements in ensuring human rights.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet, who is also head of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, attended the 20th ASEAN-Russia SOM in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 26.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese movie “Việt và Nam” (known as “Viet and Nam” in English) will vie for a prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, which is scheduled to take place from May 14 to May 25 in France.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Vatican have consented to continue to effectively maintain high-level exchanges and contacts and promote the role of the Holy See's Resident Representative in Vietnam, thereby helping the relationship between the two sides achieve more important progress.