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There will be a free screening of French director Andre Menras's documentary on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago at 53 Nguyen Du Street, at 3pm on July 11.

President of the Vietnam-US Association Nguyen Tam Chien received a visiting delegation from the American Legion (AL), led by its National Commander Daniel Mitchell Dellingger, in Hanoi on June 10.

A documentary focusing on French filmmaker Andre Menras and his relationship with Vietnam, will be screened in Hanoi on June 1.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed that Vietnam hopes to work more closely with the US to expand the bilateral partnership in all fields for the mutual interests and development of both countries.

A requiem was held in Khe Sanh township, Huong Hoa district in the central province of Quang Tri on April 11 with the participation of over 5,000 Buddhist monks, nuns, and war veterans nationwide.

The US organisation Peace Trees Vietnam (PTVN), which consists mostly of American war veterans, has helped Vietnam deactivate around 64,000 pieces of explosives and clear over 138 ha of land contaminated with the unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the country’s central region since 1995.

Many areas of land in the central province of Ha Tinh, once hit hard with hundreds of tonnes of bombs and mines during the American war, are being revived as a result of a 2010-2025 national action programme on overcoming the consequences of post-war unexploded ordnance (UXO).

A project to remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the American War in Vietnam has been performing in the central province of Nghe An, with a total investment of over 396 billion VND (18.8 million USD).

The central province of Quang Tri, the site of many fierce battles during the American war, is doing its utmost alongside foreign organisations to mitigate the consequences caused by unexploded ordnance (UXOs).

The Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi has so far received more than 17 million visitors, half of them foreigners from more than 150 countries. Report by the Voice of Vietnam Radio.

Central Highlands provinces are accelerating the construction of a section of the Ho Chi Minh Highway running through the region in a bid to complete it by 2016.

A bomb weighing 2,000 pounds (907 kg) was safely deactivated in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 17.

Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, hosted a reception for General Herbert J Carlisle, Commander of the US’ Pacific Air Forces, in Hanoi on March 17.

Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh on March 12 paid tribute to Cuban revolutionary heroine Melba Hernandez Rodriguez del Rey, who passed away at the age of 92 on March 9.

Vietnamese delegations have flocked to the Cuban Embassy in Hanoi to pay final tribute to Cuban revolutionary heroine Melba Hernandez Rodriguez del Rey, who passed away at the age of 93 on March 9.

Cuban revolutionary heroine Melba Hernandez Rodriguez del Rey, widely known as “the heroine of Moncada”, who actively joined movements against the American war in Vietnam, passed away at the age of 92 on March 9.

Nearly 30 shells were deactivated in the central province of Quang Tri on March 5 after they had been discovered during an earlier site clearance.

Vietnam’s top Sapper commander, Major General Pham Quang Xuan, has announced that a meeting with donors who help Vietnam to deal with unexploded ordnances left behind the war is expected to take place in mid March.

Plans put forward by the Ministry of Transport for the rebuild/repair of Long Bien Bridge, a historical witness of the capital city, have drawn much criticism from the public who are concerned that this iconic symbol could be sacrificed to development. Report by Nhan dan newspaper.

Hanoi always emphasises the importance of ensuring the preservation of Long Bien Bridge in harmony with its socio-economic development, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao has declared.