Vietnam News Today (Apr. 20): NA Chairman wraps up successful working visit to Türkiye; Vietnam accelerates rail integration with China to unlock trade, logistics gains; Vietnamese, German universities cooperate to advance high-quality workforce training; Vietnam Embassy in Japan boosts legal outreach for nationals.

General Secretary and State President To Lam’s visit to China reaffirmed the determination and overarching direction of the top leaders of both Parties and countries to enhance strategic connectivity between the two nations in a new phase of development.

Vietnam News Today (Apr. 19): Deputy FM highlights parliamentary diplomacy gains from IPU-152, European trips; South Korea’s top chaebol leaders set to visit Vietnam; Top legislator’s overseas trip reinforces Vietnam’s proactive role in multilateral diplomacy; Vietnam, Singapore promote green economic cooperation, sustainable trade.

An Giang province has established a strict roadmap with a concrete plan, mobilizing all resources to soon end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Hundreds of vessel owners and fishermen in Phu Yen ward, Dak Lak province, have received outreach and signed commitments not to engage in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as the locality tightens vessel management and strengthens voyage monitoring to prevent violations and help remove the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card.”

In recent years, illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has continued to pose potential risks, adversely affecting marine resources, the ecological environment, and Vietnam’s reputation in international markets. In response to the urgent need to have the European Commission’s (EC) “yellow card” warning lifted, Dak Lak Province has been implementing a comprehensive set of measures, with a strong focus on public communication and raising legal awareness among citizens, particularly fishermen.

According to preliminary reports from 34 provinces and centrally governed cities, 76,198,214 out of 76,423,940 eligible voters cast their ballots, representing a turnout of 99.7 per cent - the highest rate on record.

In celebration of International Women’s Day (8 March), from 5-7 March 2026, the Plan Office in Lai Chau, in collaboration with the Lai Chau Women’s Union and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees of Dao San and Khong Lao communes, organised a women’s football tournament under the theme “Kicking Away Gender Stereotypes.”

More than three decades after first travelling across Vietnam with a camera and a notebook, British photojournalist Andy Soloman has returned to the country, not only to photograph it again, but to reconnect with the people whose lives he captured in the early 1990s.