The Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic plans to hold its sixth congress and a ceremony marking its 20th founding anniversary in this October.

Several recent large drug seizures in Ho Chi Minh City have raised concerns over the extent of drug crimes in the southern economic hub, and the local administration is fighting back.

Turkey’s Anadolu Agency (AA) attaches much importance to its professional and friendly cooperation with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Director General of the AA Senol Kazanci has said.

The Executive Board of the Union of Vietnamese Students in France (UEVF) has convened its eighth Congress for the 2019-2021 tenure in Paris.

The Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) chapter in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12-15 handed over four clean water facilities to the border guard forces and residents in the border areas of the Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Nong and Dak Lak.

As much as 25.7 billion VND (1.11 million USD) was raised in support of the disabled and orphans nationwide during the 16th music programme “One heart – One world” in Hanoi on April 14.

A tourism festival in Ho Chi Minh City under the theme “Happy Summer 2019” ended on April 14 with total sales of participating travel agencies reported at 120 billion VND (nearly 5.2 million USD) after four days.

The Tay Bac University held a programme on April 13 to celebrate the traditional New Year of Laos – Bunpimay for hundreds of Lao students studying in the northwestern province of Son La.

While many in his community struggle to just makes ends meet, a Pa Ko ethnicity man in Quang Tri province’s mountainous area is pouring his heart and soul into encouraging local children to love art, through the medium of film.

Many infrastructure facilities, including roads are overloaded as many new residential areas have been built and the number of means of transportation rapidly rise in suburban areas of Ho Chi Minh City in the past few years.

A Vietnamese art delegation has visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and joined in art activities in the country from April 11-16 at the invitation of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee.

The Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association (VCFA) and former volunteer soldiers of Front 479 co-organised a get-together in Hanoi on April 14 to celebrate the 40th founding anniversary of the front.

An incense offering ceremony was held in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on April 14 (or the tenth day of the third lunar month) to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nation.

Police in Song Ma district of the northern border province of Son La arrested three drug traffickers and seized more than 7,000 drug pills on April 12.

The Vietnamese Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) convened a congress in Seoul on April 13 to review its performance during the 2017-2019 tenure and set forth operation orientations for the new term.

The Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has decided to start legal proceedings against and detain Pham Nhat Vu, former Chairman of the Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG), for “giving bribes”.

Vietnam and the US reiterated their commitments to deepening cooperation in energy security during their second energy security dialogue in Washington D.C on April 12.

A long-term plan for renewable energy sources such as solar and wind must be devised for Vietnam to realise its goal of connecting the entire country to the national grid, experts have said.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and press agencies of Cuba have agreed to expand their bilateral cooperation in specific fields to match with the current demand of each side.

The UN training course on building a national plan for senior officers hosted by the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department (VPD) closed in Hanoi on April 12.