(VOVWORLD) - The cremated ashes of Merle Ratner, a left-wing and anti-war US activist and a friend of Vietnam, left New York for Vietnam after a ceremony held Wednesday by the Permanent Mission of Vietnam in New York and her relatives and friends.

(VOVWORLD) - Thursday’s phone call between Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Russian President Vladimir Putin was widely covered by the Russian media, including Ria Novosti, Russian Gazette, Kremlin.ru, and Kommersant.

(VOVWORLD) -Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Communications and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on Thursday for the Indian and Japanese ambassadors to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary and President To Lam met with representatives of the Traditional Liaison Board of Division 308, also known as Tien Phong (Vanguard) Brigade, on Thursday at the Presidential Palace.

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on Thursday worked with Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee on the socio-economic, defense and security situation.

(VOVWORLD) - The Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will receive red-crowned cranes, according to a plan until 2032.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum on Thursday launched a book about works by Vietnamese famous painter Tran Van Can to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on Thursday paid a field trip to oversee the construction of the Long Thanh International Airport project, phase 1, in Dong Nai city.

(VOVWORLD) - Ensuring the safety of Vietnamese citizens amidst increasingly complicated conflicts in the Middle East, Bangladesh, and Myanmar is a top priority, said deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet at a regular press conference on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - A flag-hoisting ceremony was held in Hanoi to mark the 57th founding anniversary of ASEAN, August 8.