VOV.VN - Vietnam has been elected vice president of the Asia-Pacific Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations (AFUCA) at the federation’s 26th executive board meeting held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 2.

VOV.VN - The Governor-General of Australia Gen. David Hurley is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on April 3, beginning a four-day State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong.

Vietnam secured one silver and two bronze medals in the last day of the IWF World Youth Championships on April 1 in Durres, Albania.

The central city of Da Nang has been calling for stronger and deeper investment from Japanese businesses in seaport, infrastructure, hi-tech industry, education, healthcare, supportive industries, information and technology during a four-day investment promotion event in Kisarazu, Yokohama, Osaka, Chiba and Kanagawa, in Japan.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Canada on April organised activities to promote the images of the Vietnamese country, people, and tourism at the Ottawa Travel and Vacation Show.

Vietnam GameVerse 2023, the first of its kind for game lovers, kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on April 1.

The State Bank of Vietnam, the central bank, announced five separate decisions on March 31, to further lower some key interest rates, with effect from April 3. This is the second round of rate cuts in March.

Two fashion collections by designers Lan Huong and Jordan Nguyen made debut in London, the UK, on March 30 as part of a Vietnam discovering event held at the D-Contemporary gallery.

VOV.VN - The 10th-round meeting of the Vietnam - Holy See Joint Working Group (Vatican), chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang, and Monsignor Miroslaw Wachowski, Under-Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States was held on March 31 in the Vatican.

VOV.VN - The nation’s leading 10 longstanding and famous bread brands were honoured at a ceremony held as part of the first-ever Vietnamese “banh mi” (baguette) festival which opened on March 31 in Ho Chi Minh City.