Ten most outstanding international events in 2020 The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has selected the Top 10 events that shaped the world in 2020.

Football legend Diego Maradona dead at 60

Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, died Wednesday at the age of 60, plunging his native Argentina and football fans around the world into mourning.

Việt Nam pays last respects to former Party General Secretary Lê Khả Phiêu

Senior Lieutenant General Lê Khả Phiêu was born on December 27, 1931, in Thanh Hóa Province’s Đông Sơn District.

National mourning for former Party General Secretary Lê Khả Phiêu

He held senior positions in the army in a military career that spanned more than 40 years, including Director of the General Political Department of the People's Army of Việt Nam.

UN, Pope voice solidarity with Burkina Faso after jihadist attack A jihadist attack that left 42 dead in the north of Burkina Faso, the worst assault in the country for five years, plunged the nation into mourning over Christmas and sparked messages of solidarity from the United Nations and Pope Francis.

35 civilians killed in double Burkina Faso attack A militant attack in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women, the president said, one of the deadliest assaults in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country.

Former President Lê Đức Anh’s funeral begins two-day national mourning

A State funeral was held on May 3 for former President General Le Duc Anh, who was also former Politburo member and former advisor to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

Condolences flood in over death of former president

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception in Hà Nội yesterday for high-ranking delegations from Cambodia and Laos who are in Việt Nam to attend the State funeral for former President General Lê Đức Anh.

Nation to mourn former President on May 3-4

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee have issued a special communiqué, announcing that former President General Le Duc Anh passed away at 20:10 on April 22, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.

Almost 100 dead as Iraq ferry sinks on spring holiday trip

Almost 100 people, mostly women and children, died on Thursday as a ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul, in Iraq's worst accident in years.