VOV.VN - An open sports tournament was recently launched in the Netherlands to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands which began in 1973.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the parties have also reached an agreement on the next shipments, with the total demand expected to be up to thousands of tonnes of Vietnamese rice to Vanuatu.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel introduced Phở - a traditional Vietnamese noodle soup - to international friends and local people at Attilio cooking school in Or Yehuda city on April 4.

Australian Governor-General David Hurley praised the Vietnamese blue beret force’s contributions and stressed the meaning of the Vietnam-Australia cooperation in the UN's peacekeeping mission when he and President Vo Van Thuong visited the headquarters of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations in Hanoi on April 4.

VOV.VN - Bui Van Cuong, secretary general of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and head of its Office, held talks with Oum Sarith, secretary general of the Senate of Cambodia, on April 4 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem suffered a loss after being beaten by Italian and American chess grandmaster Fabiano Caruana at the quarterfinals of the ongoing Champions Chess Tour on April 4.

VOV.VN - The nation continues to be an active and responsible member as it promotes co-operation with other member countries of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and international partners in a bid to enhance the effective use of water and related resources of the Mekong River.

Students' teams from the Water Resources University and Can Tho University of Vietnam won two second prizes for technologies to monitor water level and measure soil moisture in a contest initiated by the Mekong River Commission (MRC), which took place in Vientiane, Laos, on March 30 and 31.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy recently collaborated with Vietnamese designer Minh Hanh and Vietnam Silk House to hold a programme called "Heritage Connection Journey", bringing Vietnamese silk and fashion to the Italian public through fashion shows and “Silk Talk” with leading Italian designers as guests.

The Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that as Indonesia was among the major rice import markets of Vietnam, any policies, moves and market developments of Indonesia would partly affect the export of Vietnam into this market.