VOV.VN - An array of activities were held in the central region on December 22 in order to commemorate the late General Vo Nguyen Giap on the occasion of his 110th birth anniversary, August 25, 1911.

A ceremony was held in St. Petersburg to pay tribute to former military experts of the Soviet Union (Russia now) who supported Vietnam during the anti-US war.

VOV.VN - Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the timber industry is likely to rake in US$15.6 billion from exports this year, enjoying an export surplus of US$12.6 billion, the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) revealed at a review meeting on December 17.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Nguyen Thanh Vinh on November 15 chaired a seminar on Vietnam's sustainable development with the attendance of leaders and trainees of the Algeria University of War.

The France-Vietnam Friendship Association and the Association of Vietnamese in France has held a workshop on the occasion of the 80th death anniversary of 27 patriotic combatants who were executed by the Nazis in Châteaubriant during the anti-France war, including Vietnamese soldier Huynh Khuong An.

Feats and brave sacrifices of officers and soldiers serving Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea have become immortal, becoming a legend for the next generation to admire, respect, and be proud of, stressed President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) and the Mines Advisory Group Vietnam (MAG Vietnam) on October 7 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in building and enhancing capacity in tackling post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnances in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always considers the US as one of its most important partners with economic, trade and investment cooperation forming the core, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien met with Patrick Leahy, president pro tempore of the US Senate on September 22 (local time) in Washington DC, with their discussion focusing on war-aftermath mitigation projects in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is in New York for the 76th UN General Assembly, received US friends of Vietnam led by Merle Ratner, Coordinator of the US-based Vietnam Agent Orange (AO) Relief and Responsibility Campaign, on September 21.