(VOVWORLD) - 120 young ASEAN leaders gathered at a 5-day workshop in Can Tho city on Tuesday to contribute initiatives to protect Mekong Delta environment.

(VOVWORLD) -Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong, President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended a meeting in Hanoi on Sunday to mark 70 years of President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal for patriotic emulation (June 11).

(VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee launched the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign 2018 on Saturday in Long An.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Sea and Island Week was launched in Quang Ninh province on Friday by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the provincial People’s Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - A book of maps detailing Vietnamese envoys’ itinerary to China in the 18th century has been recognized as a documentary heritage by the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP).

(VOVWORLD) -Activities to sharpen public awareness of the harm of smoking are ongoing in 26 cities and provinces on the occasion of Vietnam’s National Non-smoking Week (May 25 to 31st).

(VOVWORLD) - The plenary session of the 22nd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2018), the most important event of the forum, took place in Russia on Saturday under the theme “Creating an Economy of Trust”.

(VOVWORLD) -The Asia Pacific Group at the UN has nominated Vietnam as a non-permanent member at the UN Security Council for the General Assembly’s voting session next June.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s economy shows great potential, expanding 7.38 percent in the first quarter of this year, said a senior Vietnamese economic official at the opening of the 22nd International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam-Japan Book Copyright Festival 2018 co-organized by the two countries’ book publishing associations officially kicked off in Hanoi on Thursday.