Regional experts on humanitarian mine action meet in Hanoi

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh hosted a reception for a delegation from the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) led by its permanent Vice President Do Thi Thu Thao.

Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) on June 1 announced that it will launch VinaPhone 5G service at the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF 2023) that is scheduled to take place from June 2 to July 8.

German journalist Hellmut Kapfenberger has introduced his new book, which is a collection of writings and photos about the war in Vietnam in 1972 that the author gathered when he worked as a resident correspondent of ADN News Agency of the German Democratic Republic and Neues Deutschland Newspaper in Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha stressed the need to incentivise the conversion of fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles and other types of clean energy.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), the Health Ministry’s Fund for Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms and the Global Public Health Organisation Vital Strategies held a symposium in Hanoi on May 31 to discuss the harmful effects of e-cigarettes in schools.