Vietnam and Cuba share a special and historic relationship, and the upcoming state visit of Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President To Lam to Cuba will mark another significant milestone in their close ties, remarked Luis Enrique González Acosta, President of the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had meetings with the foreign ministers of Cuba, Latvia, and Uzbekistan and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the UN Summit of the Future and the high-level general debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79).

VOV.VN - Dutch publisher Elsevier recently named nine Vietnamese scientists among the 100,000 most cited researchers globally.

Vietnamese pianist Luong Khanh Nhi has won third prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition, one of the world’s foremost music competitions.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Battambang province and the Vietnam - Cambodia Business Association (VCBA) has made a fact-finding trip of some floating classrooms for Vietnamese-origin students on Tonle Sap Lake in Pursat province to help with infrastructure upgrade.

VOV.VN - Designer Phan Dang Hoang, 24, debuted his latest collection "Ceramics" which showcases the beauty of Vietnamese women at Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2025 recently held in Italy, winning him plaudits from international experts.

VOV.VN - Extending an 11-game unbeaten streak, Vietnamese chess player Le Tuan Minh successfully secured third place with nine out of 11 points to earn an individual bronze medal at the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024 which was held in Budapest in Hungary.

Over the past few days, Vietnamese embassies and communities in Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Japan and Tanzania have launched donation drives to raise funds for people affected by typhoon Yagi at home.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam met with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin in New York on September 22 (local time) on the sidelines of the United Nations Summit of the Future and the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The Vietnam Students Association in Thailand organised an event at King Mongkut University in Bangkok on September 21 to celebrate the new academic year.