Nearly 1,500 runners, including representatives of the Olympic Council of Asia, the Organising Board of 19th Asia Games (ASIAD 19) and athletes, education staff, and students from Bac Ninh University of Physical Education and Sports on March 8 joined a race in response to ASIAD 19.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria visited the memorial on the street named Journalistes du Vietnam 8/3/1974 in Algiers capital city on March 8 to commemorate the Algerian journalists who died in a plane crash on the outskirts of Hanoi in 1974.

VOV.VN - A British couple on March 8 returned to Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases to thank doctors for saving them from the coronavirus three years ago.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on March 8 met with female ambassadors and chief representatives of international organisations in Vietnam on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on March 8 highly valued China’s Sunny Optical Technology Co. Ltd.’s investment expansion plan in Vietnam, which he said will help to generate a Sunny ecosystem in the country.

The 14th Vietnam International Furniture and Home Accessories Fair (VIFA EXPO) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 8.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Philatelic Association under the Vietnam Post Corporation will play host to a conference of the executive committee of the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) in Hanoi from March 10 to 12.

VOV.VN - Experts shared their experience in increasing trade in farm products, including seafood, between Vietnam and China at a forum held on March 8.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam and the administration of Lao Cai province are scheduled to launch Korean Cultural Day in Sa Pa on March 10 - 11.

President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Nguyen Dinh Khang, who is also Vice President of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), paid a working trip to Greece from March 6-7 at the invitation of the international body.