Among the 241 recommendations accepted in the third cycle, Việt Nam has successfully fulfilled 209, accounting for 86.7 per cent; partially met 30 others, or 12.4 per cent. Two others are slated for fulfillment at an appropriate time.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) held an international press conference in Hanoi on April 15 to announce Vietnam's National Report under the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism.

The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 32nd session in Hanoi on April 15 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has sent messages of sympathy to Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, and Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nurtleu Murat over severe floods in the two countries.

NA Chairman Vương Đình Huệ said that the session would take place over four days and discuss 18 main contents, including five draft amended laws, socio-economic recovery and development programme, and national important projects.

The planning for 30 airports, both international and domestic, is expected to be completed by 2025 under a master plan on airport development for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2050.

The Horasis China Meeting 2024 themed “Vietnam and China drive ahead” opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on April 15.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

Ninh Bình aims to become a centrally-run city with a millennium-old urban heritage by 2035. To achieve this goal, the province needs cooperation of traditional partners, including Hungary

A delegation from the Hungarian National Assembly (NA) led by First Deputy of the Speaker Márta Mátrai paid a working visit to the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 15 as part of their trip to Vietnam.

A Vietnamese youth delegation will attend the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum which will take place from April 16-18 at the UN headquarters in New York.

A documentary by the French agency screened at the event presented flashbacks of the campaign to more than 100 participants.

Major General Pham Cong Nguyen, Director of the Department of Legal Affairs and Administrative and Judiciary Reform under the Ministry of Public Security, talks to Chính phủ (The Government) online newspaper about key content related to the preparation and implementation of the Law on Forces Participating in the Protection of Security and Order at grassroots level.

The focus of this visit is to continue enhancing the political relationship, which is now at its prime, and lifting economic ties on par with that relationship.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang’s official visit to Cuba from April 14 to 19 demonstrates the great attention Vietnam pays to the special relations and time-honoured friendship with the Caribbean nation, said Dr. Ruvislei Gonzalez Saez, senior researcher at the Cuban Centre for International Policy Research of Cuba.

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.

The citizens have been advised to temporarily keep away from areas of conflict.

Vietnam is deeply concerned about the tension escalation in the Middle East, especially violent acts that violating the UN Charter and inflicting damage on civilians, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on April 14.

Vietnam is deeply concerned about the tension escalation in the Middle East, especially violent acts that violating the UN Charter and inflicting damage on civilians, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on April 14.

Vietnamese citizens in the Middle East have been safe amidst the complicated and escalating tension between Israel and Iran, the Vietnamese Embassies in Israel and Iran said on April 14.