The charges include violations of regulations on the management and use of State assets causing losses and wastefulness; bribery; receiving bribes; abuse of position and power while performing official duties; taking advantage of influence over persons in authority for personal gain; and irresponsibility causing damage to State assets, agencies, organisations and enterprises.
Consul General Nguyen Viet Kien stressed President Ho Chi Minh’s reputation and career transcended Vietnam’s borders to inspire liberation movements worldwide, and that his ideas on the right to self-determination, peace, and friendship among nations remain deeply relevant today.
The leader extended his warm regards and best wishes to compatriots, soldiers, forces engaged in natural disaster prevention and control, as well as collectives and individuals who have always stood alongside efforts to ensure the people' safety.
According to experts, copyright protection in the digital era cannot rely solely on manual enforcement but requires integrated technologies such as content recognition systems, digital fingerprinting, rapid takedown tools, source tracing, advertising controls and financial monitoring.
The translation, editing and publication of the selected works in Spanish, English and Vietnamese carries profound political and cultural value, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Trong Lam, Director of the Su That National Political Publishing House.
Vietnamese teams account for the largest share with 174 entries, followed by India with 114 teams, the Philippines with 44 and Indonesia with 20.
According to the new master plan, Hanoi's study area spans all 126 wards and communes within Hanoi’s administrative boundary, covering roughly 3,359.84 sq.km. Its population is projected to reach around 14–15 million by 2035, 15–16 million by 2045, and 17–19 million by 2065, with a long-term cap of no more than 20 million residents.
The remains were recovered in the two Lao localities during the 2025–2026 dry season by Teams 584 and 589 under the Political Department of the Military Command of Quang Tri province.
On the occasion of the 136th birthday of the late Vietnamese leader (May 19, 1890–2026), Professor Park Yeon Kwan, Head of the Department of Vietnamese Language at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, described him as a great sage whose strategic decisions carried the vision of the times.
Under the capital’s master plan with a 100-year vision, the Red River Scenic Boulevard Axis is designated as one of nine key development corridors of Hanoi. It is envisioned as a central green spatial corridor, while also functioning as an economic, commercial, service, cultural, creative, and urban development axis along the Red River.
Under the province’s roadmap, authorities aim to locate and repatriate around 600 sets of remains by July 2027 while completing DNA sampling for unidentified graves and newly recovered remains to support identification work.
The official results showed that the Vietnamese team secured two gold medals and four silver medals at the competition, which was hosted online by Taiwan (China).
The total amount of bribes received by the defendants in the case exceeded 94 billion VND, with former Director of the Vietnam Food Safety Authority (FSA) Nguyen Thanh Phong alone pocketing 43.9 billion VND.
A model providing free metro tickets for disadvantaged people will officially begin operation at key stations along Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line No.1 from June 5.
The Hanoi People’s Court on May 20 opened the first-instance trial of former Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and nine other defendants for violations tied to the State property management and use at the Ministry of Health (MoH) and relevant units.
The decree provides for a minimum support level of 2 million VND per woman for ethnic minority women from very small population groups, women living in provinces and cities with fertility rates below replacement level, and women who have two children before the age of 35.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung stressed that among President Ho Chi Minh’s immense contributions, his forward-looking diplomatic vision became a solid foundation for Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of mutual respect and mutual benefit.
The May 18 seminar, themed “Reframing Vietnam,” at the National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) under Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is expected to generate fresh momentum and frameworks for cooperation among cultural agencies, museums, art funds and experts from the two countries, helping bring Vietnam’s cultural image closer to American and international public in the time to come.
In France, the embassy coordinated with Montreuil city authorities to hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh statue in Montreau Park and visited the “Ho Chi Minh Space” at the Museum of Living History.
Under a draft resolution currently open for public feedback by the municipal People’s Committee, residents with permanent or temporary residence registration in Hanoi for at least two consecutive years, who own petrol-powered motorbikes registered before the resolution takes effect, will be eligible for support when purchasing electric motorbikes priced at 10 million VND or more.
