Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to UN Women Representative in Vietnam Elisa Fernandez, during a ceremony in Hanoi on May 10.

Revenue from information and communications services reached VND1.13 quadrillion (US$47.6 billion) in the first four months of 2023, representing 27% of the annual target, figures from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) show.

A high-level delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) led by Chief of the army’s General Staff and Vice Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong joined a series of meetings in Vientiane on May 10 as part of his trip to Laos.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese athletes won an additional 11 gold medals on May 10, thereby regaining its No1. position on the medal tally from Thailand.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has voiced its strong objection to China’s unilateral fishing ban in the East Sea and said it has no legal force.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and the Embassy of Vietnam in Australia will jointly host Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Roadshow 2023 in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane from May 11 to 17.

VOV.VN - The Government has requested that the National Assembly move to consider and grant approval to a resolution at its upcoming session to facilitate visa and immigration policies in an effort to promote socio-economic development and stimulate tourism.

VOV.VN - The 30th Vietnam International Medical and Pharmaceutical Exhibition (Medi-pharm Expo 2023) opened on May 10 at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will work closely with Malaysia to promote the strategic partnership between the two countries in a deep and effective manner. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim during their meeting in Indonesia on May 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos will increase high-level visits in the time to come to outline orientations for bilateral cooperation.