Friendship

By chance, Trọng read one of Khơi’s poems and wanted to meet the man behind the words, who he knew suffered from a physical disability. Khơi has remembered what Trọng said to him all those years ago: “Keep writing your poems and keep the originals. I live quite near some newspaper offices, and I’ll show your poems to the editors.” … [Read more...] about A touching story of friendship, times two

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations held a ceremony on October 7 to mark the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties. Addressing the event in Hanoi, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasised that the normalisation of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations was an important decision of the countries’ leaders, which closed a period full of difficulties and heralded a promising era. The Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership has been developing extensively and substantively, from politics-diplomacy, economy-trade and defence-security to science-technology, health care and education. Bilateral trade has increased 170-fold since 1995 to approximate 80 billion USD. Meanwhile, people-to-people exchange is increasingly vibrant, according to him. The official described cooperation in different fields as an important bridge for building and consolidating trust, goodwill and durable friendship between the two countries. He highlighted Vietnam’s … [Read more...] about Hanoi ceremony marks 25 years of Vietnam-US relations

Trinh Tan (L) presents masks in North Morava. Tan, 59, has made active contributions to bolstering ties between the two peoples in North Morava province as well as the two nations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he launched a campaign among the Vietnamese community to sew and present tens of thousands of masks and protective gloves as well as offer financial assistance to hospitals, nursing centers and social organizations in the host country. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese engineer honored in Czech Republic

Entries must show an understanding about Cuba, the friendship and solidarity between Vietnam and Cuba in the past, at present and in the future, as well as Cuban President Fidel Castro and his relationship with President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese country and people, and activities of the two nations’ youths. … [Read more...] about Painting competition launched to mark Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic ties

The ambassador stressed the importance of education in the many fields of Vietnamese-German cooperation, adding that about 7,500 Vietnamese students are currently studying in Germany. He hoped educational ties would be further enhanced and become a key point of the bilateral friendship. … [Read more...] about Vietnam and Germany pop champaign on 45 years of cooperation