(VOVworld) - A solidarity and friendship festival opened in Paris over the weekend with the participation of 50 French organizations, and Vietnamese residents in France to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s 122nd birthday anniversary.

(VOVworld)-The Saint Petersburg State University and the Vietnamese Embassy have jointly celebrated President Ho Chi Minh’s 122nd birthday and 2nd anniversary of the School’s Ho Chi Minh Institute. Ambassador Pham Xuan Son and the University Rector praised the importance of the institute in research about Ho Chi Minh while helping promote bilateral friendship and cooperation.

(VOV) - A seminar on Vietnam as an important industrial and trade partner of France in Southeast Asia, was held in Paris yesterday.

A collection of woodblocks carved with Buddhist Sutras at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang has been officially recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage.

(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday chaired the first meeting of the Central Steering Committee for setting up a pilot project model on urban administration.

(VOVworld) – Da Nang city on Tuesday presented gifts to the relatives of soldiers who laid down their lives for their country on Gac Ma Island in the Truong Sa/Spratly archipelago 24 years ago.

(VOVworld) - More than 2,000 publications on late President Ho Chi Minh are on display at a book exhibition that opened in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on Monday.

(VOVworld) – A contest on Vietnam’s history was launched on Sunday in Hanoi to mark the 71st anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization and the 122nd birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh.

(VOV) - Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh has called on members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to strengthen solidarity on the basis of the Bandung Principles, the United Nations Charter, and international law.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese Embassy in the US, in coordination with the Southeast Asia Roundtable Forum, held a Vietnam Forum on the US-ASEAN relationship in Washington DC on Thursday.