[Photo] Int'l Friends Visit Vietnam to Attend General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's Funeral

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.

Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is more than just a holiday. It is a celebration of family, culture, and new beginnings. And for many foreigners, it becomes an unforgettable cultural journey.

In a timely effort to support families and children severely impacted by Storm No. 10 in 2025 (Bualoi), on February 3 in Thanh Hoa Province, World Vision International in Vietnam (WVIV), in coordination with the Thanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, the provincial Red Cross Society, and YoungOne Corporation, organized a ceremony to present relief supplies to residents of Co Lung Commune (formerly part of Ba Thuoc District).

The first meeting of the 14th Party Central Committee elected the Politburo, the General Secretary and the Secretariat on the morning of January 23.