VOV.VN - Vietnam wishes to increase cooperation with Sweden in key sectors such as trade, investment, and green transition, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his reception for Benjamin Dousa, Sweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, in Hanoi on May 12.

VOV.VN - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam launched the 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) in Hanoi on May 12, acknowledging Vietnam’s efforts maintain its high human development index globally despite a global slowdown.

The research vessel Professor Gagarinsky was transferred to the Joint Vietnam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research Centre (VRTC) at a ceremony held on May 11 in Vladivostok city, Russia.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam and President Alexander Lukashenko have signed a joint statement on the establishment of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Belarus to leverage their cooperation opportunities.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long on May 12 received Pham Duc Trung Kien, president and co-founder of The Vietnam Foundation (VNF), a US-based non-profit educational organisation in Vietnam aimed at improving the quality of life through education.

VOV.VN - A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam on May 12 welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent proposal to resume direct peace talks with Ukraine.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany hosted a friendship golf tournament at Kallin Golf Club in Nauen, Brandenburg, on May 11, as part of activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany this year.

The final round of the 2025 Vietnam Ambassador Vovinam Cup took place at the Marius Ndiaye Gymnasium in the capital Dakar of Senegal on May 10, attracting nearly nearly 1,000 martial artists from 75 clubs of the Senegal Vovinam Union (USV).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of Thailand will lead a high-level delegation of the Royal Thai Government on an official visit to Vietnam on May 15 - 16 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines and Russia’s VTB Bank (International Trade Bank) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance cooperation during Party General Secretary To Lam’s recent official visit to Russia.