An event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 16 to mark the Vietnam Day of Persons with Disabilities (April 18).

President Vo Van Thuong attended a ceremony held in the southern province of Binh Duong on April 15 to mark the 85th founding anniversary of the Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts (Vovinam).

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 15 visited robots and AI-powered products at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology as part of his working visit to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 15 broke ground on the construction of the new US Embassy in Cau Giay district, Hanoi.

A workshop on sustainable urban areas was held in Hanoi on April 14 as part of the 12th Vietnam-France decentralised cooperation conference.

Global integration in the fields of politics, national defence and security has been carried out scientifically and proactively, ensuring national interests and their harmony with interests of partners, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

The US Embassy wishes to cooperate with Vietnam to remove the Southeast Asian nation from the US’s special watch list on religious freedom, Ambassador Marc E. Knapper told Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang during their meeting in Hanoi on April 14.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the significance of education-training and its importance to rapid and sustainable socioeconomic development while visiting the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and the FPT University at the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thach That on April 14.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications has decided to fine Grab Vietnam company 60 million VND (over 2,500 USD) for wrongdoings connected to using their version of the Vietnam map.

The south central province of Ninh Thuan will hold a grape and wine festival from June 13-18 to highlight the local products and culture, heard a press conference in Phan Rang- Thap Cham city on April 14.

A forum on Vietnam’s cultural tourism development took place in Hanoi on April 14, with participants sharing their experiences in effectively building, developing, and exploiting this potential field.

The traditional New Year festivals of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar - Bunpimay, Songkran, Chol Chhnam Thmay, and Thingyang - were celebrated at a ceremony at Pho Minh Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on April 14.

Vietnam and France have witnessed win-win cooperation in vocational training, and partnerships among localities of the two nations in the field are being seen as a new direction in decentralised cooperation between the two countries.

Hundreds of managers, education experts and representatives of Vietnamese and UK universities gathered at a seminar on education organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and the Vietnam-UK Higher Education Partnership Network in London on April 13.

As Vietnam aims to build the longest flower path of its kind in the country, stretching over 3,000km along the North-South railway line, many experts and residents have applauded the plan as a potential tourist draw, though concerns over railway safety have also been raised.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) will provide non-refundable aid worth 500,000 USD for ethnic minority boarding and semi-boarding schools in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai under a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Hanoi on April 13.

A festival celebrating the traditional New Year of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand took place in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on April 13.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training on April 13 had a meeting with the Irish Embassy in Vietnam and the Global Management Organisation of the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL), the world's leading computer skills certification, to seek measures to improve computer skills for students in the capital city.

The fourth Global Conference on Sustainable Food Systems Programme will take place in Hanoi from April 24-28, with over 200 foreign delegates from member countries and organisations taking part, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

A wide range of activities and promotions are being offered by Vietravel Airlines within the framework of the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) which opened on April 13 in Hanoi.