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The 14th International Water Supply, Sanitation, Water Resources and Purification Exhibition (VietWater 2023) will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City from October 11 to 13.

In the hearts of tens of thousands of people of all groups, Uncle Ho will always live forever.

A ceremony was organized to inaugurate a new name plaque for Ho Chi Minh Avenue in the Mozambican capital city of Maputo on September 11.

On September 11, the working delegation of the Party Committee of the Agencies and Enterprises Bloc of Yen Bai province led by Do Quang Minh, Secretary of the Party Committee, visited and offered incense at Uncle Ho's memorial site on his visit to Ha Tinh province.

The Party Committee of Xuan Tang ward, Lao Cai city has just solemnly held the 65th anniversary of Uncle Ho's visit to Lao Cai province. This was the place where President Ho Chi Minh and the Government's delegation left the train, took a boat across the Red River and set foot on the first piece of land in Lao Cai province, during their visit on September 23, 1958.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Joseph Biden met with the press following their talks in Hanoi on September 10.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong holds talks with visiting US President Joseph Biden in Hanoi on September 10.

Ahead of US President Joe Biden’s State visit to Vietnam on September 10-11, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung has expressed his belief that the trip will create a new impetus for bilateral relations to reach a new height.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has demanded ministries, sectors, and localities resolutely not step back in the face of difficulties while chairing the Government’s regular meeting for August in Hanoi on September 9.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and State President Vo Van Thuong sent a congratulatory message to General Secretary and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un on the 75th anniversary of the DPRK’s Day of the Foundation of the Republic (Sept. 9).

US President Joe Biden’s State visit to Vietnam will be an important milestone for both countries and help elevate bilateral relations to a new height, said Le Thu Ha, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for External Relations and deputy head of the Vietnam - US Friendship Parliamentarians Group.

The Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House recently published a book entitled "Political Relations between Vietnam and the US (1995-2020)", providing readers with an in-depth, comprehensive view of the process of normalising relations between the two countries.

Vietnam and the US have achieved many positive achievements in bilateral relations since the normalisation of relations in 1995 and after 10 years of their comprehensive partnership (2013-2023), said former US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry in Hanoi on September 9, expressing Vietnam’s wish to cooperate with the US in climate change response in a way that suits the Southeast Asian country’s socio-economic conditions.

Hanoi will for the first time host the end-of-term field training course under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations Cycle 4 from September 13-21.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held a meeting in Hanoi on September 8 with a delegation from the central province of Nghe An's association of revolutionary soldiers who had been captured and imprisoned by the enemy.

The visit of US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to Vietnam on September 10-11 will be an occasion for leaders of both countries to look back at the past 10-year journey since the establishment of their comprehensive partnership, said Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador of Vietnam to the US.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 7 for a delegation from the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians' Group led by its Chairwoman Catherine Deroche.

The 43rd ASEAN Summit and related summits wrapped up in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 7 afternoon.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the ASEAN-Australia and ASEAN-United Nations Summits in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 7, as part of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other leaders in the ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan, the Republic of Korea), ASEAN - US, and ASEAN - Canada summits in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 6.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang met with Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong in Beijing on September 5 on the occasion of their attendance at the fourth meeting of national committee chairpersons within the framework of the 1993 Mekong Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Drug Control.

On September 5, at the K9-Da Chong relic site (Ba Vi, Hanoi), the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Protection Command, solemnly held the 54th Uncle Ho death anniversary.

On September 4, Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Vice State President, along with members of the central working group and leaders of Thanh Hoa province, came to the Uncle Ho Memorial Cultural Area in Thanh Hoa city to offer flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh.

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi welcomed 32,768 visitors, including 635 foreigners, on the National Day (September 2), according to its management board.

President of the House of Councillors of Japan Otsuji Hidehisa will pay an official visit to Vietnam from September 4-7 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on September 4 morning to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Jakarta, Indonesia.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has made adjustments to its flight schedule to and from Taiwan (China) on September 3 and 4 due to the impact of storm Haikui.

The website Research.com on September 1 announced its rankings of world scientists with excellent achievements in scientific publications in 2023, in which there are 14 Vietnamese.

All the four Vietnamese students competing at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2023 have secured medals, comprising one gold, two silver, and one bronze, the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) said on September 2.