VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese weightlifters have successfully qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics which are scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8, according to the Vietnam Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Federation.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 11 held a fund-raising ceremony in support of the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in Vietnam,

Fund-raising programmes to support the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in the homeland were launched by Vietnamese embassies in Tanzania, Mexico, and South Africa on June 10.

VOV.VN - A memorial and reburial ceremony took place on June 11 in the central province of Quang Tri for 40 sets of remains of fallen Vietnamese soldiers.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany held a ceremony in Berlin on June 10 to present Vietnam’s Friendship Order and Friendship Medal to two German friends in honour of their active contributions to strengthening solidarity, friendship and people-to-people exchange between the two peoples.

VOV.VN - Local boxer Nguyen Thi Tam has qualified for the upcoming 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 51kg category after accumulating a total of 190 points from tournaments organised by the World Boxing Federation.

Vietnamese representative agencies in Cambodia will continue keeping a close watch on Cambodia’s plan of relocating floating houses, fish farming rafts and illegal floating works on the Mekong River passing through Phnom Penh and the Vietnamese community situation.

Three young Vietnamese filmmakers will compete at the 74th edition of the Lorcano Film Festival slated for August 4-14.

Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese auto-maker VinFast Trading and Production LLC still enjoyed a month-on-month increase of 5% in sales in May, to 2,855 vehicles.

Vietnamese firms poured US$546.7 million into overseas projects in the first five months of 2021, more than triple the figure of the same period last year.