NA Vice Chairwoman receives US senator National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Wednesday for a visiting delegation from the US Senate led by Senator Tammy Duckworth.

Vietnamese Party official visits Qatar to boost bilateral ties

Politburo member of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Trương Thị Mai has been visiting the Middle East, meeting Qataris officials to discuss measures to boost bilateral relations.

Japanese-invested solar power plant inaugurated in Bình Định A solar power plant funded by Japan’s Fujiwara company was inaugurated in the city of Quy Nhơn in the south-central province of Bình Đinh on August 19, with Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình in attendance.

NA Chairwoman hosts President of Cuban Committee for Defence of Revolution Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân expressed her admiration at the will and resilience of Cuban people in protecting revolutionary accomplishments while receiving President of the Cuban Committee for the Defence of the Revolution Carlos Rafael Miranda Martinez in Hà Nội yesterday.

Korean scholar says states should not resort to force

President of the Geopolitics Institute of Korea, Professor-Doctor Lee Woong-Hyeon, talks to Vietnam News Agency correspondent Mạnh Hùng in Seoul about the recent activities by China in the East Sea.

Việt Nam ranks second in tank biathlon at Army Games With a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 3 seconds, the Vietnamese tank team placed second in tank biathlon in the final round of Group 2 of the international Army Games 2019 in Russia.

S. Korea's Moon offers conditional olive branch to Japan South Korean President Moon Jae-in struck a conciliatory tone towards Japan on Thursday, offering to "join hands" if Tokyo chooses dialogue as relations between the two dip to fresh lows.

New Zealand helps Vietnamese officials boost English skills ahead of ASEAN 2020 chairmanship On Monday, the New Zealand Government launched a four-week English language training course for Vietnamese officials in preparation for the country’s ASEAN chairmanship in 2020.

UNCLOS 1982 remains a framework for legal order for the seas and oceans

Dr. Lê Thị Tuyết Mai, a member of the Executive Board of the Việt Nam Society of International Law, Chair of Việt Nam Lawyers Association Branch at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Department of International Law and Treaties, wrote an article entitled “UNCLOS 1982: Overarching framework for establishing the legal order for the seas and oceans, promoting development and cooperation at sea".

More than two million Muslims begin hajj pilgrimage More than two million Muslims begin the annual hajj on Friday as the Saudi hosts seek to deter politicisation of the pilgrimage against a backdrop of simmering Gulf tensions.