Many heads of state and government from foreign countries have sent their condolences to Vietnam over the death of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Trần Đại Quang.

Việt Nam is paying more and more attention to institutionalising gender equality and the empowerment of women, said Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh at a plenary session of the second Eurasian Women’s Forum in Saint Petersburg on Thursday.

Việt Nam will do its best to continuously consolidate and promote its traditional relationship with Cambodia and between the two militaries, said a Vietnamese army chief on Friday.

Relationships with Japan during 45 years has brought several positive changes to Việt Nam’s economy with official development assistance, the flow of foreign direct investment and series of co-operation projects of scientific study, national defence, education and training, labour and culture.

A life of material abundance but cultural and spiritual poverty is meaningless, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

President Trần Đại Quang has passed away from serious illness on Friday morning at the age of 62.

On the sidelines of the 14^th assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) underway in Hà Nội, Malaysia Auditor General and Chair of ASOSAI 2015-18, Dr Madinah Binti Mohamad talks to Việt Nam News on co-operation activities between member countries’ audit agencies and the importance of environmental audit.

he Việt Nam-Korea Friendship Association (VKFA) organised its third national congress for the 2018-2013 term in Hà Nội on September 20.

Việt Nam welcomes the results of the North Korea-South Korea summit and the signing of the Pyongyang joint-declaration between the two sides, Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on September 20 during the regular press briefing.