Việt Nam News

On April 14, 2009, Hang Sơn Đoòng was officially recognised as the world's largest natural cave by the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) expedition team. 

1,400 Vietnamese people have been safely evacuated to Việt Nam from conflict-hit Ukraine on five repatriation flights so far, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced at a press briefing on Thursday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Thursday that the e-visa system, available to citizens of 80 countries, is now in operation again as the country fully reopened to international tourists from March 15, 2022.

Two more repatriation flights for Vietnamese nationals fleeing from war-torn Ukraine landed in Nội Bài International Airport on Sunday, bringing home nearly 600 people.

Ghi Dọc Cánh Rừng (Writing Along The Forest) by Lại Hồng Khánh has been published by Canadian Ukiyoto Publishing and is available on Amazon. It is the diary of a young teacher who becomes a soldier and travels across the Trường Sơn mountain range to the Southern battlefield in the 1970s.  Công An Nhân Dân (People's Police) reporter Jy Khanh spoke to the author. 

Arranged by the Vietnamese Government and conducted free of charge by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines, the flight departed Henri Coandă International Airport in Romania’s capital of Bucharest on March 7 (local time).

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn talked over the phone with his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu late Monday (local time), asking for continued support for the Vietnamese people and their families evacuating from Ukraine.

Most of the Vietnamese people wishing to move out of three big cities of Ukraine, namely Kyiv, Kharkov, and Odessa, have been evacuated in the face of the complicated situation there, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to the country Nguyễn Hồng Thạch.

No Vietnamese nationals in Ukraine have been hurt during the current armed conflict and evacuation efforts are underway to bring them to safety. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng gave the update on Thursday during a regular press briefing.