For Vietnamese people overseas, helping their descendants be fluent in the Vietnamese language has long been an important wish, and the 100,000 Vietnamese people living and working in Laos are no exception.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 24 asked Vietnamese and Brazilian businesses to concretise cooperation mechanisms with specific programmes and projects, with an aim to bring two-way trade turnover to 10 billion USD by 2025, and 15-20 billion USD by 2030 in a more balanced direction.
The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - Japan diplomatic relations (September 21, 1973 - September 21, 2023). During the past 50 years, the relations between the two countries have been strengthening and developing in fields.
Colonel Le Dinh Vu, Deputy Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Department of Military Science and head of the office of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences, held a working session with a visiting delegation from the US Senate Committee on Appropriations in Hanoi on August 23.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on August 11 held a get-together to mark Vietnam’s 28-year membership to ASEAN (July 28), and the bloc’s 56th founding anniversary (August 8).
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), through cooperation, can contribute to peace-building, development promotion, and addressing the current climate crisis, emphasised Speaker of the People's Representative Council (lower house) of Indonesia (DPR) Puan Maharani as part of her closing remarks at the AIPA’s 44th General Assembly (AIPA-44) on August 9.
Over the past decade, Vietnam and the US have made great efforts together to promote prosperity for their people, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper told the media on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership (July 25, 2013-2023).
The Five Continents Food Festival took place from May 11-14 in Ho Chi Minh City with the aim of promoting local and global cuisine and offered guests the opportunity to experience the culinary cultures of many different continents.
The General Union of Vietnamese in France (UGVF) on May 13 held a get-together and a photo exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) (January 27, 1973).
Vietnamese localities need experience and collaboration from international partners in environmental protection and sustainable development, and French investors are considered credible partners, an official from Ho Chi Minh City has said.
A forum that aims to connect technology researchers, developers, and science and technology management agencies of Vietnam, with Laos’ government agencies and businesses opened in Vientiane on April 4.
As many as 11,453 sport delegates from the ten ASEAN member countries and Timor-Leste will compete in the upcoming 32nd SEA Games and 12th ASEAN Para Games 2023 in Cambodia, according to a local official.
Cambodian alumni who had studied in Vietnam, and representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, and Vietnamese businesses investing in the country gathered at a get-together in Phnom Penh on March 11.
Vietnam and the EU should continue working closely together for the common goal of promoting Vietnam – EU comprehensive partnership and cooperation, thus bringing practical benefits to their people and businesses and making positive contributions to maintaining peace, stability, development and prosperity in each region and the world.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has freshly organised a get-together with musical performances, a lucky draw, and a firework display to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest and longest annual traditional festival.
Vietnamese students in Japan and Vietnamese in Thailand and Burnei took part in get-togethers to celebrate the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) on January 14.
A get-together to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest national festival - was held in Pakse, Champasak province, Laos, on January 10, gathering more than 500 overseas Vietnamese living and working in the country.
Ho Chi Minh City held a get-together on January 7 for outstanding overseas Vietnamese who return home to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest national festival.
The Temple of Literature in Hanoi is hosting an exhibition called "Dau xua van hien," which will provide visitors with a more sophisticated view of Vietnam's rich cultural and historical heritage.
The subsidy scheme for domestic tourists might be reduced to 500,000 rooms from 1.5 million after the Thai cabinet this week cut the proposed budget of 8.7 billion baht (nearly 250 million USD) by half, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
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