VOV.VN - US Embassy Charge d’Affaires, a.i. Marie Damour has formally handed over a new US-funded transient instructor and student accommodation facility at the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations to Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, the Deputy Minister of National Defense.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has so far given over VND28 trillion (US$1.23 billion) from the unemployment insurance fund to nearly 11.78 million COVID-19-affected workers.

The Singaporean Embassy in Hanoi has recently held a ceremony to celebrate the two decades since a memorandum of understanding signed between the Vietnamese and Singaporean foreign ministries to establish the Vietnam – Singapore Training Centre (VSTC).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the festival of great national unity in Dien Bien ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, on November 17 evening.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 17 for Ly Xuong Can, a descendant of King Ly Thai To in the Republic of Korea and Vietnam's Tourism Ambassador to the RoK.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Uruguay held their fourth political consultation on November 17 to hammer out measures to deepen bilateral cooperation.

The Embassy of Japan and UNICEF Vietnam on November 17 signed an exchange of notes for a project on “enhancing resilience to disaster risks and climate change for children”, which runs in Vietnam from 2021 – 2026.

Vietnam’s sapper unit No. 1 and level-2 field hospital No. 4 joining UN peacekeeping operations made their debut at a ceremony held by the Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi on November 17.

VOV.VN - Another batch of one million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States arrived in Hanoi on November 17, according to the US Embassy in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - A six-hour train ride through central Vietnam which connects Da Nang and Quy Nhon has been listed among the top six amazing Asian train journeys by CNN, with the train ride notable for its food, scenery, and culture.