Vietnam: Attractive Destination for French Tourists in Summer 2025
The 45-day visa exemption for French citizens and many other European nationals, together with increasingly convenient direct flight connections, has made Vietnam an appealing choice for French travelers.
14:43 | 12/10/2025
11 Vietnamese Universities Named in Times Higher Education World Rankings 2026
This year, Nguyen Tat Thanh University and the University of Da Nang are two new names appearing in the ranking for the first time.
07:12 | 11/10/2025
Cultures of World Festival in Hanoi: Journey of Connection Across Five Continents
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hanoi People’s Committee, will host the first Cultures of the World Festival in Hanoi from October 10 to 12, 2025, at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel. This major diplomatic and cultural event of Vietnam in 2025 carries special significance in honoring the diversity of world cultures, promoting people-to-people exchanges, and strengthening mutual understanding and friendship between Vietnam and international friends.
13:31 | 09/10/2025
Two Vietnamese Professors Awarded French Legion of Honour, Officer Class
On October 3 in Hanoi, French Ambassador to Vietnam Olivier Brochet conferred the Legion of Honour, Officer Class - France’s most prestigious distinction, upon Professor of Physics Jean Tran Thanh Van and Professor of Biology Le Kim Ngoc. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung attended the ceremony and presented flowers to congratulate the two scientists.
14:32 | 07/10/2025
Vietnam - Australia to Create Breakthroughs in Education Cooperation
At a working session with the Acting Deputy Minister of Education of Australia on October 2, Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam expressed the desire that Vietnam and Australia will create breakthroughs in education cooperation in the fields of science and technology and human resource development in the coming time.
20:23 | 05/10/2025
Two Vietnamese Ports Among World’s Top 30 Most Efficient Container Ports
Cai Mep and Hai Phong have been named among the world’s 30 most efficient container ports. Cai Mep maintained its strong position at 7th place, while Hai Phong surged 40 places to break into the top 30.
10:02 | 29/09/2025
Vietnam’s Humanitarian Progress in Multidimensional Poverty Reduction
From a country with a household poverty rate of 5.2% in 2021, by 2024 this figure had dropped to just 1.93%. Through preferential credit loans, health insurance cards, vocational training courses, and more, the implementation of multidimensional poverty reduction standards has created better living opportunities for millions of people, while affirming a humanitarian step forward in ensuring human rights in Vietnam.
07:28 | 28/09/2025
Global Network for Vietnamese Language and Culture Teaching to Launch Soon
This announcement was made at the closing ceremony of the training course “Methods for Teaching Vietnamese to Overseas Vietnamese Children,” which was jointly organized online by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka (Japan) and the Global Network for Vietnamese Language and Culture Preservation and Teaching, with the participation of more than 500 teachers from 30 countries and territories.
07:06 | 24/09/2025
Hanoi to Host “Full Moon Festival Night” Parade for Mid-Autumn 2025
As part of the 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, a street parade titled “Full Moon Festival Night,” featuring art clubs across Hanoi, artists, children, and parents carrying lanterns under the moonlight, will take place at 6:00 p.m. on October 5.
07:09 | 23/09/2025
Strengthening Vietnam-Czech Republic Cooperative and Friendship
A delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam, led by Nguyen Thi Thanh, member of the Party Central Committee and Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly, paid a visit and worked in the Czech Republic from September 18 to 21.
21:17 | 22/09/2025
Connecting Resources of Vietnamese Community in Thailand
The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand, in coordination with the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organized a seminar on connecting the resources of the Vietnamese community in Thailand on September 20.
21:06 | 22/09/2025
300 Volunteers Join “World Cleanup Day 2025” Event
More than 300 volunteers joined the “World Cleanup Day 2025” event along Pham Hung Street (Me Tri Ward, Hanoi), joining millions of participants worldwide in the largest global environmental campaign on the morning of September 20.
08:43 | 22/09/2025
Raising Awareness on Environmental Protection Through a Drawing Contest
The launching ceremony of the drawing contest “Denmark in Your Eyes 2025” with the theme “Green Living” took place in Hanoi on September 18. The contest is jointly organized by the Vietnam-Denmark Friendship Association and the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam.
07:00 | 21/09/2025
US Embassy Hands over 6 Hectares of Dioxin-remediated Land at Bien Hoa Airbase Area
At Bien Hoa Airport (Dong Nai Province) on September 15, the Ministry of National Defense, in coordination with the US Embassy in Vietnam, held a ceremony to hand over an area of land that had been cleaned of dioxin, to launch the construction of a thermal treatment technology system as part of the Dioxin Remediation Project at Bien Hoa Airport, and to sign an agreement to supplement non-refundable ODA funding for the Project to Improve the Quality of Life of Persons with Disabilities in priority provinces.
10:26 | 18/09/2025
Two French Students Want to Volunteer in Vietnam
Émilie Petitpas and Enora Richard-Mettay, in collaboration with ESI, are organizing several activities in France with the goal of raising about 9,416 USD, which will be sent to an orphanage in Vietnam.
10:15 | 18/09/2025
