[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and President To Lam was born on July 10, 1957. His hometown is Nghia Tru Commune, Hung Yen Province.

[VOVWORLD] - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, who is also a National Assembly deputy, has been elected President of Vietnam for the 2026-2031 term.

[VOVWORLD] - NASA’s Artemis II — the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century — made history on its trip around the moon on Monday afternoon.

[VOVWORLD] - The National Assembly will devote its full-day session on Tuesday to high-level personnel decisions, including the election of the State President, the Prime Minister, the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, and the Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

[VOVWORLD] - Leaders of the parliaments of Laos, China, and Cambodia on Monday sent congratulatory messages and letters to Politburo member and Chairman of Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly Tran Thanh Man on his re-election as Chairman of the 16th National Assembly.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam’s banh mi with roasted pork ranks second among the 100 best dishes in Southeast Asia, behind Indonesia’s sate kambing, based on global user ratings compiled by food guide TasteAtlas.

[VOVWORLD] - Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, founder and chairman of Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup, has become the wealthiest person in Southeast Asia, with an estimated net worth of over 24.5 billion USD, according to the latest update from Forbes.

[VOVWORLD] - The Action Month for Occupational Safety and Hygiene will take place in May under the theme “Innovating management and improving the effectiveness of occupational safety and hygiene in the digital era.”

[VOVWORLD] - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Monday that Vietnam values strengthening relations with the UK, welcomes the UK's positive contributions to the region, and the cooperation between the two countries within ASEAN and the UN.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam recorded its best-ever first-quarter tourism performance, with international arrivals during the January-March period rising 12.4% year-on-year to 6.76 million.