VOV.VN - In the spring of 1975, "the longest war in American history" waged by the US military in Vietnam, came to an end with the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on April 8 chaired a United Nations Security Council open debate via videoconference on “Mine action and sustaining peace: Stronger partnerships for better delivery.”

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on April 8 hosted a reception for outgoing US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink, during which the two sides discussed cooperation plans in war consequence settlement.

The Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) held a ceremony to commemorate 16 victims (nine Vietnamese and seven Americans) of a helicopter accident that happened 20 years ago during activities of searching for US soldiers missing in action in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Outgoing US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink expressed his optimism about the promising future of the US-Vietnam relations during a press briefing in Hanoi on April 7, reviewing his working term in Vietnam.

The My Lai massacre was a terrible war crime in its dimensions but it was not an isolated incident, German historian Bernd Greiner from Hamburg was quoted as saying by the German-based public-broadcasting radio station Deutschlandfunk.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, deputy head of the Vietnamese delegation to the UN, has reaffirmed the country’s support for a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned comprehensive political solution on the basis of respecting the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Libya.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Hungary Nguyen Tien Thuc on March 19 presented certificates of merit awarded by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to the Hungary – Vietnam Friendship Association (HVFA) and its three leaders in honour of their active contributions to bilateral friendship.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was solemnly held in Quang Binh province on March 14 to commemorate 64 Vietnamese navy officers and soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the Johnson South Reef Skirmish in 1988.

A 227-kg bomb left from the war time was safely defused in a residential area in Bo Trach district, the central province of Quang Binh, the province’s military command said on March 2.