Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has visited and presented gifts to Madeleine Riffaud, a French revolutionary and former journalist of the French newspaper L'Humanité and a close friend of the Vietnamese people, on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

VOV.VN - The second Asian shuttlecock championship and Asian youth shuttlecock championship 2024 kicked off in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 22.

The State Bank of Vietnam and the Bank of Laos have jointly organised a conference to share experience in promoting the use of respective domestic currencies in bilateral trade and investment cooperation activities to prevent external risks.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) has decided to urgently launch a national measles vaccination drive as the number of infections is increasing sharply in many localities throughout the country.

To detect promptly mpox (formerly called monkeypox) cases domestically and from international arrivals, Vietnamese authorities have stepped up efforts in monitoring and preventing the spread of the disease and providing guidance on related surveillance and control measures, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang has said.

VOV.VN - President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed Sri Lankar’s desire to strengthen the friendship and cooperative relations with Vietnam during his reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Trinh Thi Tam in Colombo on August 21.

VOV.VN - The Czech Republic considers Vietnam a leading partner and important market in Southeast Asia, Jozef Sikela, Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, told Duong Hoai Nam, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic at a recent meeting.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man received visiting Lao NA Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity Sommad Pholsena in Hanoi on August 22.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and China have had sincere and frank discussions about maritime issues to better control and actively resolve disagreements at sea, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.

Chairman of the Vietnam Peace Committee (VPC) Uong Chu Luu held talks with Lao National Assembly Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity Sommad Pholsena on August 22 in Hanoi, focusing on orientations for cooperation between the two agencies in the coming time.