The Japanese Government-funded equipment for dioxin and environmental analysis was handed over to the Chemical Corps recently, aiming to assist Vietnam in settling consequences of toxic chemicals left from wartime.

The Japanese Government-funded equipment for dioxin and environmental analysis was handed over to the Chemical Corps on January 16, aiming to assist Vietnam in settling consequences of toxic chemicals left from wartime.

The Vietnamese War Veterans' Association in Berlin-Brandenburg of Germany held a ceremony on December 15 to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army, 35 years of the All People’s Defence Festival, and the 15th anniversary of the association.

The Central Military Commission, Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam held a gathering in Beijing on December 9 with over 30 Chinese war veterans and experts who supported Vietnam’s fight for national independence.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on December 5 handed over to the United States two boxes of remains believed to be US soldiers missing in action during the war in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Dien Bien, a province in north-west Vietnam, and Russia’s second largest city of Saint Petersburg have signed an agreement on trade-economic, science-technology cooperation and socio-cultural exchanges between the two sides.

VOV.VN - An M-118 bomb, weighing approximately 1,362kg, was found by fishermen on November 25 located about 200 metres downstream from Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi capital.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam, Deputy Minister of Defense of Vietnam, received a delegation of officers from Japan’s Ministry of Defense, Self-Defense Forces, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation led by Major General Aoi Kei of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, in Hanoi on November 4.

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

VOV.VN - The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) recently held its third annual dialogue on War Legacies and Peace in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, with a primary focus on examining a year of the Vietnam – US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership upgrade and a USIP peaceworks report on postwar reconciliation between the two countries.