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A fair featuring typical agricultural products and the One Commune-One Product (OCOP) program was organized by the Farmers Association and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in Vanh Dai Trong Street, Binh Tri Dong B Ward, Binh Tan District, on April 21.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) will display fireworks at two places to celebrate 48 years of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day on April 30.

Within the framework of the official visit to Argentina, on April 23 (local time), in the capital city of Buenos Aires, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam laid a wreath at the Monument of President Ho Chi Minh.

President Vo Van Thuong attended an event to launch the 2023 National Humanitarian Month and mark the 160th anniversary of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 23.

All problems can be solved with trust, sharing, listening, understanding and companionship, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 22 while a meeting with foreign investors to listen to their opinions and seek measures to remove difficulties facing them.

The Vietnam-China trade exchange programme opened in Can Tho city on April 21, with 150 Mekong Delta and 13 Chinese firms taking part.

The Vietnam-China Friendship Association of the northern port city of Hai Phong held its Congress for the 2023-2028 tenure on April 21.

A delegation of representatives of some departments, sectors and districts of Hanoi led by Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi City People’s Council Phung Thi Hong Ha is paying a working visit to Laos from April 20-24.

The Saigontourist Group Food and Culture Festival 2023 organized by Saigontourist Group and some other units at Van Thanh Tourist Site in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh district from April 20-23.

A national week of clean water and sanitation will be launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) from April 29 to May 6 to call on people across Vietnam to join hand in environment preservation, protect, and make use of water resources both economically and efficiently.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 19 chaired the fourth meeting of the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform, during which he affirmed that investing in administrative reform is that in development.

An international conference was organized in Rome on April 18 to highlight the significance of the time that President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked in Italy in the 1930s.

Secretary of the Party Committee and Permanent Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper Nguyen Cong Dung on April 19 received a delegation from the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s External Relations Liaison Department led by Mr. Hu Zhao Ming, Spokesperson, Head of the Division of Information and Popularization, under the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s External Relations Liaison Department.

The mobilized funds will help improve the soil, grow green vegetables and trees, and increase the density of tree coverage on Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands district.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 17 for ASEAN ambassadors who came to congratulate him on being elected as the Vietnamese State leader.

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.

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.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue will pay official visits to Cuba, Argentina and Uruguay from April 18 - 28, according the NA Committee for Foreign Affairs.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shared the view that Vietnam and the US should continue with their cooperation and promote the bilateral ties on the basis of the principles agreed by their high-ranking leaders, during their talks in Hanoi on April 15.

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).

Positive outcomes in the Vietnam-US relations will create a foundation for the two countries to elevate their ties to a new height, for the sake of their people, and for peace, stability and development in the region and the world at large, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Hanoi on April 15.

Vietnam considers the United States one of its leading important partners and wishes to promote the comprehensive partnership with the US on the basis of respect for each other's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political institution, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a reception for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Hanoi on April 15.

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.

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 National Assembly Standing Committee wrapped up its April law-making meeting in Hanoi on April 14 after two days of sitting under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision approving the project to organize activities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's call for patriotic emulation (June 11, 1948 - June 11, 2023).

The Smart City Asia 2023 officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on April 13, attracting the participation of 300 domestic and foreign businesses with 400 stalls displaying technological products.

​The Hanoi Department of Education and Training in collaboration 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 on April 13 organized a meeting to seek measures to improve computer skills for students in the capital city.

Experts from the British Royal Caves Association (BCRA) have found an additional 22 new caves with a total length of more than 11.7 kilometres, announced the Management Board of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park.

On April 12, at the headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City Public Security, a ceremony was held to debut the agency’s library, inaugurate the Ho Chi Minh cultural space of the city public security youth, and sign the program of cooperation between the City Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the City Public Security in 2023.