Weekly highlights: Vietnam Fatherland Front convenes 10th National Congress
The 10th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front opened in Hanoi on October 17. The three-day congress, themed "Solidarity - Democracy - Innovation - Creativity – Development”, have brought together a total of over 1,000 delegates representing various classes, ethnic groups, religions, armed forces, overseas Vietnamese, and front officials at all levels.
Pho is more than just a dish; it is a part of the soul of the Vietnamese people, representing the essence of the country’s culinary heritage and national spirit. Pho creates a magical connection with international friends who, even if they’ve never been to Vietnam, find themselves yearning to explore the homeland of this dish through its distinctive flavors.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a working visit to China from November 5 to 8 to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion Summit. His trip also includes participation in the 10th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit and the 11th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Cooperation Summit.
From October 27 to Nov. 1 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar and attended the 8th Edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) and made a working trip to Saudi Arabia.
Vietnamese cuisine, delicious food that even just hearing about makes all of us, as Vietnamese, want to take a bite. We take great pride in having such diverse, unique, and palatable dishes in all regions in the country. This is also one of the reasons that draws international visitors to Vietnam. In this episode, let’s listen to the experiences of foreign tourists as they indulge in Vietnamese dishes.
After five years of joining the “UNESCO Creative Cities Network” under the category of design, Hanoi has organised numerous activities related to creative design, attracting a large number of organisations and individuals both at home and abroad.
At the end of October, the Bru-Van Kieu ethnic people of Khe Giua village begin preparing offerings for their New Rice Festival. This celebration usually takes place after a harvest, marking the end of one agricultural cycle and the beginning of a new one.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Surya Deva, had a dialogue in Geneva on September 18, with countries on his activities over the past year, during which he highly valued the Vietnamese Government's multidimensional poverty reduction approach.
Located in Mo Lao Ward, Ha Dong District, Hanoi, "Phuong Bach Nghe" is a heartfelt project designed to inspire love for preserving Vietnam’s cultural heritage and spiritual values passed down through generations.
Around the end of July, the idea of painting the Vietnam flag on the roof emerged on social media and quickly gained traction. Numerous families across the country have meticulously painted the national flag on their home.
An Indian pharmaceutical billionaire will take 4,500 employees to Vietnam for a two-week tour starting later this month to visit Hanoi, Ninh Binh, and Ha Long Bay in the northern region.
Every year, around the end of the first lunar month, the H’mong ethnic people of Na Hau Commune, Van Yen district, gather to celebrate the Forest God Worship Ceremony.
A monument to the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers participating in the defence of Moscow in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) has been unveiled recently at Patriot Park in the suburb of the Russian capital.
Doctors at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital have successfully performed a groundbreaking surgery, transplanting a trachea segment from a brain-dead donor, and reconstructing an oesophageal stricture for a patient from the northern province of Thanh Hoa.
Cat Tien is the first national park and the second nature reserve in Vietnam to be included on the Green List, following Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve. This global standard acknowledges reserves that have achieved successful conservation outcomes.
Politburo member and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam To Lam has been elected as General Secretary of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, securing 100% of the approval votes.
The Paris Olympics organising committee has chosen two Vietnamese dishes, pho (noodle soup with beef or chicken) and nem (fried spring rolls), to serve athletes at the Games.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has passed away, but his legacy to the cultural sector remains immensely valuable. His exceptional contributions to national construction and defence, especially in the field of culture, will endure through time.
With a deep love for the national culture, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong devoted great attention to the task of cultural development, both in the struggle for national liberation and in the process of national building.