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The culture of Southeast Asian nations was highlighted at a festival in Hanoi on May 7 ahead of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), the biggest regional sport event.

The Embassy of Italy in Vietnam in coordination with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) on May 6 organised a workshop to exchange views and expertise on space strategies and technologies.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh has visited New South Wales to seek ways to foster cooperation between Vietnamese localities and the Australian state.

The 13th Party Central Committee looked into a project reviewing the 20-year implementation of a resolution on continuing to reform, develop and improve the efficiency of the collective economy during its fifth plenum on May 7.

Vietnam's athletes are ready to compete at the coming 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and will bring home the best results.

The Hanoi Tourism Festival 2022 themed “Hanoi – Den de yeu” (Hanoi – come to love) will be held from May 13 – 15 at Ly Thai To Garden and Dinh Tien Hoang street in Hoan Kiem district.

Vietnam had a good start to the 31st Southeast Asian Games as they convincingly trounced Indonesia 3-0 in the second match of Group A in the men’s football on May 6.

Tran Van Tuy, former head of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s board for deputy affairs and former Chairman of the Vietnam - Republic of Korea (RoK) Parliamentary Friendship Group, has been honoured with the RoK’s Grand Gwanghwa Medal for his major contributions to the two countries’ friendship.

Hanoi has completed preparations for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and everything is in place for the region’s biggest sporting event.

The flame ignition ceremony for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) was held at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on May 6 afternoon to prepare for lighting the cauldron at the Games opening ceremony six days later.

The Mekong Delta Resilient Business Network (MRBN), the first of its kind in the country, made its debut during a ceremony held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)'s chapter in Can Tho and The Asian Foundation (TAF) on May 6 morning.

The 13th-tenure Party Central Committee entered the third day of its fifth session on May 6.

A fundraising event has been held by the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa to support soldiers and islanders in Truong Sa island district and DK1 Platform, helping to protect Vietnam's sovereignty over seas and islands.

Vietnamese agricultural products are being displayed at Macfrut 2022: Fruit and Vegetable Professional Show held in Italy’s Rimini city from May 4 - 6.

(CPV) - Norway’s largest energy company Equinor officially opens its representative office in Hanoi, marking an important milestone in the Norway-Vietnam business cooperation portfolio.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc has affirmed that all the contents agreed by UNICEF and the city will continue to be implemented in the coming time, including the co-organization of a meeting to discuss cooperation strategies between the two sides in the field of child care and protection.

The Overseas Laborer Management Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has carried out a project to select Vietnamese trainees to become nurses in Germany.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Germany’s Frankfurt am Main held a meeting with the Vietnam-Germany Innovation Network (VGInetwork) on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2022).

A delegation of the Ministry of Health (MoH) led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son has inspected health services and COVID-19 control measures arranged by Bac Ninh as a host of sport events of the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

Total passengers passing through airports across Vietnam exceeded 1.1 million during the four-day National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holiday, reported the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Up to 89 percent of the imports in the first four months of this year are raw materials and accessories for domestic production with a combined value of 106.6 billion USD, up 16.8 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Members of the 13th Party Central Committee discussed a project to summarise the 10-year implementation of the resolution on continuing to reform land-related policies and laws on May 5, the second sitting day of their ongoing fifth plenum.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked participants at the ongoing fifth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee to focus on reviewing the project on building Party organisations and developing membership, thus making a new progress in strengthening the quality, strength and combativeness of the Party.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that if the COVID-19 pandemic situation does not develop abnormally after the holidays of the southern liberation and national reunification (April 30) and the International May Day (May 1), the city's field hospitals will be dissolved.

With the permission of the authorities of Veneto region and Venice city, the Italy-Vietnam Friendship Branch in Veneto region has just debuted the Vietnamese Cultural House in Venice and granted the right to use it to Vietnamese students in Italy.

Statistics on the COVID-19 vaccination portal as of May 2 showed that the country has administered nearly 215 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while localities are urged to continue accelerating the 3rd injection and vaccination for children from aged 5 to under 12.

Photographer Nguyen Ngoc Thien with the photo “Fishing anchovies” won the first prize in the "Marine Conservation" of Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022 by the British Society of Underwater Photographers.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Poland has just organized a meeting for Truong Sa to prepare for the event that an overseas Vietnamese group from Poland will visit soldiers and people on Truong Sa Island district, organized by the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) in May 2022.

Sa Pa, a famous tourist attraction in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, welcomed a record number of 98,000 visitors during the National Reunification Day and May Day holiday, a 122-percent rise over the same time in 2019 before COVID-19 broke out, according to the Culture-Information Division of the town.

The fifth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on May 4 under the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.