VOV.VN - Hundreds of monks, nuns, and Buddhists recently flocked to the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Hanoi to mark Vu Lan Festival that is observed to show people's great appreciation and gratitude to their parents and ancestors.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired a working session in Hanoi on August 28 on preparations for the ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, slated for September 14-18 in the capital city.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha received in Hanoi on August 28 received a delegation from Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group led by its Vice President, Governor of Cuba’s Artemisa province Ricardo Concepcion Rodriguez.

The upcoming Vietnam visit by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong carries a significant meaning in the Vietnam-Singapore ties, both at present and in the future, according to Associate Prof. Vu Minh Khuong from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy under National University of Singapore.

Colonel Le Dinh Vu, Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Department of Military Science and head of the office of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences, held a working session with a visiting delegation from the US Senate Committee on Appropriations in Hanoi on August 23.

VOV.VN - Vietravel Airlines, a member of Vietravel Corporation, successfully conducted its first direct flight to Hainan of China from Hanoi on the evening of August 20.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on August 19 visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Ho Chi Minh City to congratulate the dignitaries, monks and nuns on the occasion of the Vu Lan Festival 2023.

Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu, Secretary General of the Steering Committee for Vietnam - China Bilateral Cooperation and head of the government-level negotiation delegation on border and territorial issues between the two countries, paid a working visit to Beijing on August 9-10.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese culture, tourism, and cuisine will be introduced to audiences across Asia from August 15 through the "Let's Feast Vietnam”, a new reality show which will be broadcast on United States-based video streaming giant Netflix.

The upgrade of the relationship and the adoption of the Status of the Resident Papal Representative and the Office of the Resident Papal Representative in Vietnam reflect efforts, goodwill, and mutual respect between Vietnam and the Vatican, said Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang.