Friendship
Vietnam is an important country to Australia: diplomat
Renee Deschamps, Chargé d'Affaires of the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, has affirmed that Vietnam is an important country to Australia, not just a trading partner. In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the New Year holidays, the diplomat noted “the relationship has never been better”.
Overseas Vietnamese
Dong Xuan trade centre in Germany bridges Vietnamese, local businesses
Over 500 businesses and traders gathered at the Dong Xuan Trade Centere in Berlin’s Lichtenberg district on January 1 to celebrate the New Year.
Viet's Home
Vietnamese Nationwide Joyfully Welcome New Year 2025
On the evening of December 31, people across Vietnam enthusiastically took to the streets, participating in various activities such as the Countdown party, to joyfully welcome the arrival of the New Year 2025.
VUFO and LDS's Missionary Training Center Continue to Coordinate in Charity Activities
On December 16, 2024, a delegation of 24 volunteers from the Hanoi Branch of the Missionary Training Center (MTC), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS - Mormon), and 5 staff members from the Asia Area Office of LDS Charities (LDSC) in Hong Kong (China), led by Rob Howell, Head of the Hanoi Branch, visited and worked with the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO).
11:18 | 17/12/2024
Enhance Friendship and Cooperation Between Vietnam and China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
At the invitation of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam and the People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from December 2-8, a delegation of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association led by Nguyen Van Tho, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Vietnamese Ambassador to China, Vice President of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association visited and worked in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The delegation included representatives from Bac Giang, Cao Bang, Dien Bien, Hai Duong, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Lang Son, and Nghe An provinces.
14:06 | 13/12/2024
Vietnam Effectively Implements Policies on Freedom of Religion and Belief
This is the message shared by the Delegation of the Global Collaborative Community during meetings with the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Vietnam Government Committee for Religious Affairs.
08:49 | 08/12/2024
VUFO President Phan Anh Son Receives Delegation of the Global Collaborative Community
President of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son received a delegation of 12 pastors from many countries, their family members, and two Institute for Global Engagement (IGE) representatives on December 4 in Hanoi. The delegation is led by pastor Bob Roberts, President of IGE.
08:02 | 05/12/2024
National
Vietnam News Today (Jan. 3): Vietnamese, Indian Coast Guards Boost Maritime Law Enforcement
National
Vietnam News Today (Jan. 3): Vietnam to build first AI-driven hospital; Vietnamese, Indian coast guards boost maritime law enforcement; Vietnamese exports to Indonesia hit record high in 2024; Logistics firms optimistic about growth prospects in 2025.
09:36 | 03/01/2025
National
Vietnam News Today (Jan. 2): Vietnam on Track to Become Top Tourist Destination in Digital Age
National
Vietnam News Today (Jan. 2): Vietnam on track to become top tourist destination in digital age; Localities welcome first visitors in New Year 2025; Vietnam’s trade surplus reaches historic $24 billion in 2024; Tourism sector thriving in 2024.
08:33 | 02/01/2025
National
Vietnam News Today (Jan. 1): Vietnam – Cuba Bonds Flourish Across Continents
National
Vietnam News Today (Jan. 1): Vietnam – Cuba bonds flourish across continents: Ambassador; TasteAtlas honors central, southern Vietnam among world’s 100 best food regions; Music, lights, and fireworks dazzle Vietnam’s major cities on New Year's Eve; Hanoi aims to receive over 30 million tourists in 2025.
09:26 | 01/01/2025
Friendship
Vietnam is an important country to Australia: diplomat
Renee Deschamps, Chargé d'Affaires of the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, has affirmed that Vietnam is an important country to Australia, not just a trading partner. In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the New Year holidays, the diplomat noted “the relationship has never been better”.
15:38 | 03/01/2025
Friendship
Vietnam's Contributions as Chair of ACHC Praised by Ambassadors of ASEAN Countries to Cuba
On December 30, the Ambassadors of Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Malaysia to Cuba lauded Vietnam's leadership as the rotating Chair of the ASEAN Committee in Havana, Cuba (ACHC) for the latter half of 2024, commending its efforts to bolster intra-regional relations and enhance the bloc’s connections with the host nation.
14:28 | 31/12/2024
Friendship
Vietnam, Laos Forge Stronger Ties for Comprehensive Cooperation
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Lao Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Hanoi on December 30 during the latter's visit, which aims to prepare for the upcoming 47th session of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee.
13:04 | 31/12/2024
Friendship
Vietnam-India Relations: Rooted in History and Culture
This sentiment was shared by Harchand Singh, Secretary-General of the All-India Peace and Solidarity Organization (AIPSO), during an interview with VietnamTimes magazine on the 12th Vietnam-India People’s Friendship Festival. He expressed his views on the historical and cultural connections between Vietnam and India and emphasized the role of people-to-people exchanges in strengthening bilateral relations.
12:13 | 31/12/2024
Viet's Home
Vietnamese Nationwide Joyfully Welcome New Year 2025
On the evening of December 31, people across Vietnam enthusiastically took to the streets, participating in various activities such as the Countdown party, to joyfully welcome the arrival of the New Year 2025.
08:24 | 01/01/2025
Viet's Home
Quang Tri: Improved Skills, Awareness Help Prevent Drowning Cases
Swim for Life Vietnam has taught basic aquatic skill classes to more than 2,900 children in just the past two years.
22:27 | 31/12/2024
Viet's Home
HCMC, Hanoi Ring in 2025 with Vibrant Fireworks, Festivities
Ho Chi Minh City has planned an exciting lineup of activities to celebrate New Year 2025, meanwhile, Hanoi will host fireworks displays at five locations with six launch sites across the city.
18:15 | 31/12/2024
Viet's Home
Vietnamese Culinary Art Stuns Global Diners
Vietnamese cuisine has recently gained prominence, receiving honors at prestigious global awards, impressing attendees at international festivals, and being introduced by notable politicians and business leaders. Its allure, diversity, and rich cultural identity have become valuable resources, positively promoting the country and its people.
17:27 | 31/12/2024
Viet's Home
Ensuring Religious Security in Cyberspace
Religious and faith-based activities in cyberspace have long existed in Vietnam and have recently developed strongly, especially during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. These activities are carried out through the websites of religious organizations and social media platforms in various forms, such as preaching, proselytizing, training clergy and officials, providing religious education, publishing electronic scriptures, holding seminars, and conducting religious activities.
15:31 | 31/12/2024
Viet's Home
Vietnam Committed to Ensuring Rights of Prisoners
Since joining the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), Vietnam has demonstrated a strong commitment to human rights by implementing comprehensive measures to protect prisoners from torture
12:06 | 31/12/2024
Vietnamese Herbal Tea
Boost Your Productivity: Tips for a Productive End-of-Year
Year-end work carries with it the aspirations of workers for a fulfilling and abundant Tet holiday with their families. Many are striving to find ways to recharge themselves and excel in their careers.
20:11 | 30/12/2024
Viet's Home
Vietnam's Strong Potential in Developing and Innovating Veterinary Vaccines
Amid the rapid expansion of Vietnam's livestock industry in both scale and quantity, disease prevention through vaccination not only helps minimize economic losses but also plays a vital role in reducing antibiotic use. This, in turn, mitigates the risk of antimicrobial resistance—a pressing issue in global human and veterinary medicine.
11:15 | 30/12/2024
FIPIC at 10: India’s strategic engagement with the Pacific Island countries
Since 2002, India has been a dialogue partner of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but meaningful engagement only began in 2014 with the Modi government's establishment of the FIPIC.
UKVFTA Opens up New Opportunities for Vietnamese Coffee Exports
Following the signing of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), the average export price of Vietnamese coffee to the United Kingdom has surged, underscoring Vietnam’s increasingly strong position in the global coffee market.
Fostering Digital Economic Growth and Technological Innovation in Vietnam
The draft Law on Digital Technology Industry is anticipated to provide a legal framework to foster the development of Vietnam’s digital technology industry. Its focus is on Vietnamese digital technology enterprises, gradually transitioning from assembly and outsourcing to innovation, design, integration, production, and mastering core technologies.
Ho Chi Minh City Hosts Forum to Boost Vietnam-Laos Economic Cooperation
The Vietnam-Laos trade and investment promotion forum in Ho Chi Minh City on December 27 emphasized the 60-year friendship between the two countries as a springboard for bolstering economic partnerships in key sectors such as energy, agriculture, and tourism.
Seas and islands
Enhanced Surveillance in Binh Thuan to Combat IUU Fishing
Seas and islands
As part of Vietnam’s broader strategy to combat IUU fishing, Binh Thuan is implementing rigorous policies, enhancing enforcement, and supporting local fishermen to promote sustainable and legal fishing practices.
22:14 | 30/12/2024
Seas and islands
China and Vietnam Carry Out Fourth Joint Patrol in Northern Gulf of Tonkin
Seas and islands
On December 24, the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and its Chinese counterpart conducted their fourth joint patrol in the northern waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coasts of Mong Cai city in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam, and Dongxing city in Guangxi province, China.
12:15 | 25/12/2024
Seas and islands
Vietnam Celebrates 30th Anniversary of UNCLOS
Seas and islands
The Foreign Ministry held a ceremony to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the entry into force of the UNCLOS to review the value and role of the convention as well as Vietnam's journey in implementing its provisions over the past 30 years.
23:04 | 10/12/2024
Overseas Vietnamese
Dong Xuan trade centre in Germany bridges Vietnamese, local businesses
Over 500 businesses and traders gathered at the Dong Xuan Trade Centere in Berlin’s Lichtenberg district on January 1 to celebrate the New Year.
15:42 | 03/01/2025
Overseas Vietnamese
Create Favorable Conditions For Overseas Vietnamese Living In Cambodia
This is one of the contents mentioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegation led by Deputy Minister Le Thi Thu Hang, Chairwoman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese during a working visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia on December 26 and 27, 2024.
00:15 | 31/12/2024
Overseas Vietnamese
11 key tasks of the Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese in 2025
On December 30 in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese held a conference to review the work in 2024 and deploy directions and tasks for 2025.
22:03 | 30/12/2024
Overseas Vietnamese
Vietnamese Community in Australia Contribute to Nation's Development
A year-end gathering titled "Cultural Exchange and Integration" was jointly organized by the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals and Experts (VASEA) in Australia and the Vietnam-Australia Cultural Exchange Organization (VACEO) in Sydney.
21:11 | 30/12/2024
World
World Leaders Share New Year Message
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are among the first world leaders to deliver New Year's messages to their nations for 2025.
22:04 | 31/12/2024
World
Pakistan witnesses a significant surge in migration
Despite multiple efforts by the government, migration has become a complex issue in Pakistan.
07:00 | 29/12/2024
World
UN Rapporteur Expressed Regret over the Pakistani airstrikes in Paktika, Afghanistan
Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on HR, has expressed his regret over the Pakistani airstrikes in the Bermal district of Paktika province, Afghanistan.
16:25 | 28/12/2024
World
Vietnam Prepares for a Dynamic Year at UNESCO in 2025
As 2024 draws to a close with a series of “significant successes,” Vietnam is gearing up for an even more active year in 2025, Ambassador Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO, told Vietnam News Agency’s correspondents in Paris, where UNESCO’s headquarters is based.
22:15 | 27/12/2024
Travel
Vietnam among Top 40 Most Beautiful Countries with Appealing Cuisine
A newly released list by the American magazine US News & World Report reveals that Vietnam is one of the 40 most beautiful countries in the world in 2024.
09:27 | 27/12/2024
Travel
Vietnamese Tourism Promoted at Qatar International Tourism Fair 2024
The Vietnamese Embassy to Qatar attended the 3rd Qatar International Tourism Fair to promote Vietnam's tourism potential to Qatari and Gulf tourists.
23:42 | 28/11/2024
Travel
Hanoi and Incheon to Promote Tourism Products
On the afternoon of November 12, in Hanoi, a seminar on meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions tourism (MICE) took place in Hanoi to promote tourism products between Hanoi and Incheon city (Republic of Korea).
06:25 | 14/11/2024
Travel
Vietnam - Unique Destination Allures Indian Tourists
According to India's Economic Times, the number of travel bookings to Vietnam from some Indian travel agencies has increased by 500% this year compared to five years ago.
15:14 | 12/11/2024
Hanoi To Host 70 Spring Flower Markets This Tet Holiday
In the run-up to Tet, some 70 spring flower markets around the city throw an enchanting display of colors and scents.
Fireworks To Light Up Skies Over Hanoi For New Year Celebrations
Hanoi will welcome the New Year 2025 and the traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year with spectacular fireworks displays across the city.
Vietnam's Cultural Charm Shines at Winter Fair
On December 5, the Embassy of Vietnam in the United States coordinated with the Spouses Association to participate in the Vietnamese booth at the 11th International Winter Fair for Diplomatic Corps 2024, organized by the International Trade Center and Ronald Reagan Building.
Vietnam's Fish Sauce Tops World's Best Dipping Sauces
The world-renowned culinary website Taste Atlas has announced its list of the 100 best dipping sauces in the world, featuring Vietnam's well-known options: fish sauce and fermented fish sauce.
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Multimedia
[Photos] India and Vietnam Unite in Friendship Festival 2024
Multimedia
On the evening of December 18 in Vinh Phuc province, the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), the Vietnam - India Friendship Association (VIFA) and the All India Peace and Solidarity Organization (AIPSO) jointly organized the opening ceremony of the 12th Vietnam - India People's Friendship Festival.
16:41 | 20/12/2024
Multimedia
ChildFund Vietnam Joins Hands to Ensure Children's Rights to Education
Multimedia
Over the past two years, the project "My Right to Education - Phase 2" by ChildFund Vietnam has brought positive changes not only to Hao but also to 232 other children with disabilities in Quang Haa district, Cao Bang province.
10:36 | 17/12/2024
Multimedia
Prevention of Physical and Mental Violence and Discrimination Against Children including Children with Disabilities
Multimedia
After nearly three years of implementation, the project “Prevention of Physical and Mental Violence and Discrimination Against Children, including Children with Disabilities (AVAC)” has achieved many significant outcomes, including the initiatives leading by children which promote the meaningful participation of children in community activities. The project includes three key components implemented by the Research Center for Management and Sustainable Development (MSD), the Vietnam Association for the Protection of Children’s Rights (VACR), and the Institute for Community Development (ACDC). It is funded by Save the Children Hong Kong and coordinated by Save the Children Vietnam.
17:58 | 04/12/2024
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