VOV.VN - 2022 represents a special year for Vietnamese sports, particularly as the country will play host to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) and send athletes to the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou (China).

The Global Civic Sharing (GCS) organisation of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 20 presented a computer lab worth VND550 million (US$24,300) to Lien Chau secondary school in Hanoi’s Thanh Oai district, on the occasion of the 30th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties.

Vietnam hopes all relevant parties will increase dialogue and seek peaceful solutions to the Korean Peninsula issue, while exercising restraint, strengthening trust-building, and avoiding effects on civilians, stated Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

VOV.VN - Numerous overseas Vietnamese and international friends enjoyed a festive celebration from January 15 to January 21 in Prefecture Fukuoka of Japan ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday (known as Tet in Vietnam).

Investigation is still underway on a shooting threat made against a Vietnam Airlines flight en route from Japan to Vietnam earlier this month, spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told the Foreign Ministry’s regular press conference on January 20.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with leaders of the Khmer-Vietnam Association and presented gifts to needy Cambodians of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia on January 19 as part of his two-day official visit to the neighbouring country.

The seventh high-level economic dialogue between Vietnam and France took place in the form of videoconference on January 20.

VOV.VN - Newly accredited Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Thi Thu Ha has presented President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s credentials to King Mohamed VI of Morocco.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 20 hosted a reception for First Officer of the Hungarian National Assembly Márta Mátrai who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The Vietnam-Korea Business and Investment Association (VKBIA) and Yongpyung Resort Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Gangwon, the Republic of Korea on January 20 to boost cooperation between the Vietnamese and Korean businesses in tourism promotion and economic recovery post pandemic.