The Vietnamese Youths and Students’ Association (VYSA) in Japan debuted the executive board for the 2018-2019 tenure and reviewed its 2017 activities during a ceremony on January 14.
The Vietnamese Embassy in collaboration with the Vietnamese People Community in Angola organised a get-together in Luanda city on December 31 to celebrate New Year 2018.
A get-together was held by the HCM City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association of HCM City on December 6 to mark Japanese Emperor Akihito’s birthday (December 23, 2017).
Vietnam will undertake the role of hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting for the second time from November 5-11.
A little weekend market, located in a café in alley 311 on No Trang Long street, Binh Thanh district, has been well-known among antique hunters in Ho Chi Minh City since 2013.
Two singers famous for their rendering of patriotic compositions, Trong Tan and Anh Tho, will perform together in Hanoi on Vietnamese Women’s Day, October 20.
The freshly-concluded fourth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange programme has contributed to building a peaceful border, said Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh.
Around 84,000 people attended the opening ceremony of the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games at Bukit Jalil national stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 19.
Some 2,000 mothers in the Philippines breastfed their babies in public at a gathering on August 5 to respond to World Breastfeeding Week, raising awareness of breast milk’s benefits for infants.
The embassies of Vietnam and Laos co-organised friendship get-togethers, featuring musical performances and sports events, in Moscow, Russia and Geneva, Switzerland on August 5 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of their countries’ diplomatic ties (September 5, 1962).
The Vietnam National Institute of Nutrition, the Alive and Thrive project and the Hanoi University of Technology launched an online training programme on child care to respond to the World Breastfeeding Week 2017 that runs from August 1-7.
Diplomats and Vietnamese alumni of Belgian universities gathered in a friendship get-together held by the Vietnam-Belgium Friendship Association (VBFA) in Hanoi on July 20 to celebrate 186 years of Belgium’s independence (July 21, 1831).
Vietnamese and Lao embassies in the RoK organised a get-together to celebrate the two countries’ 55th diplomatic relations anniversary and 40 years of signing their Friendship and Cooperation Treaty.
As many as 300 former Lao students, who studied in military schools in Vietnam, met at a get-together in northern Luang Prabang province, Laos, on May 19.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium on March 1 held a get-together for members of a friendship group of parliamentarians aligned with Vietnam in the European Parliament (EP).
Former revolutionists who had once operated in the Sai Gon-Cho Lon-Gia Dinh region gathered at a function in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi district on February 1.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-Poland Friendship Association’s HCM City chapter held a get-together in HCM City on December 9 to mark the 98th Independence Day of Poland.
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