Vietnam and Australia on April 16 vowed to strengthen climate and energy cooperation to achieve emissions reduction targets and promote sustainability in the region at the Australia-Vietnam Green Economy Summit.

VOV.VN - Nearly 3,700 students and teaching staff at nine schools in remote areas across Vietnam have benefited from clean water projects donated by Toyota Vietnam Foundation (TVF).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Duong Hoai Nam on April 16 paid a courtesy visit to Czech Senate President Milos Vystcil to discuss measures to promote Vietnam – Czechia relations, including parliamentary cooperation, towards 75 years of diplomacy between the two countries in 2025.

The Vietnam Digital Awards 2024 was launched by the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDCA) and VietTimes Magazine in Hanoi on April 16 with a view to fostering the development of the digital government, digital economy and digital society.

VOV.VN - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is scheduled to hold a gold bullion bidding session on April 17 in an effort to increase the supply of gold bullion and stabilize the domestic gold market that has made national headlines in recent times.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on April 16 received Diego Martinez Belio, State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs of Spain, who is in Vietnam to co-chair the fifth political consultation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - A repatriation ceremony of remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held at Da Nang International Airport on April 16.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on April 16 said that Vietnam always values and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Hungary, a traditional partner and the only comprehensive partner of Vietnam in the Central Eastern European region when receiving First Officer of the Hungarian National Assembly Márta Mátrai.

The Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) opened the Vietnam National Brand Week 2024 in Hanoi on April 16.

VOV.VN - Several provinces in central Vietnam have experienced whirlwinds and severe hailstorms over the past two days, injuring one person and damaging houses and crops in the process.