Congratulatory letters and messages from international parties, organisations, and friends to the 14th National Party Congress
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 09:50 (GMT+7)
The Congress received nearly 900 congratulatory letters and messages from international political parties, organisations, friends and overseas Vietnamese communities. This was such a great source of encouragement and inspiration, and a vivid manifestation of the friendly cooperative relation between our Party and the international political parties, organisations and friends, also a connection from the overseas Vietnamese people to the country.
President Ho Chi Minh - a man of great virtue, wisdom, and courage
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 13:11 (GMT+7)
As a man of great virtue, Ho Chi Minh was full of compassion, patriotism, and love for the people. His devotion to the nation, to his compatriots, and to oppressed people around the world was deep and unwavering. He sincerely cared for and wholeheartedly supported his comrades and fellow citizens, while firmly opposing any thoughts or actions that could harm the Party and the people
Natural conditions and potentials of Vung Ro Bay
Sunday, January 29, 2023, 09:56 (GMT+7)
As part of the socio-economic development master plan of Phu Yen province, in the coming time, Vung Ro will focus on developing in the direction of opening up and integrating with appropriate steps, ensuring harmony between conservation of natural marine values and sustainable development, on the basis of maximising advantages in terms of natural conditions, geographical location, cultural identity, diversity of ecosystems and regional linkages.
Applying President Ho Chi Minh’s viewpoint of “Culture lights the way for the nation” to today’s national construction and defence
Monday, January 10, 2022, 14:52 (GMT+7)
On deeply grasping the importance of culture, right after success of the August Revolution, our Party held the 1st National Cultural Conference on 24 November 1946 in Ha Noi Capital. “Culture lights the way for the nation,” said President Ho Chi Minh at the conference. His view remains valuable and needs to be perceived and effectively applied to today’s national building and defence
Hai Phong City promotes execution of Law on Militia and Self-Defence Forces
Wednesday, December 27, 2017, 07:44 (GMT+7)
Hai Phong is a harbour city, which is situated in an area of paramount importance in economic, defence and security terms in the north coast of Vietnam. On deeply grasping the Party’s strategic guideline on building the Militia and Self-Defence Forces, particularly since the promulgation of the Law on Militia and Self-Defence Forces in 2009, Hai Phong City has paid constant attention to leading and instructing the establishment of “robust, widespread” Militia and Self-Defence Forces, making it become one of the most prominent localities in the 3rd Military Region in this aspect
A snapshot of Vietnamese Sea and Islands
Tuesday, September 01, 2015, 08:38 (GMT+7)
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, Vietnam’s waters include: internal water, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and a continental shelf of 200km wide from baseline. Geographically, Vietnam’s seas and islands cover a wide range of area which can be sorted into main regions as: the Gulf of Tonkin, the Gulf of Thailand, Paracel and Spratly archipelagos, and some other islands and archipelagos.
Vietnam asks Taiwan to stop lighthouse construction
Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 08:47 (GMT+7)
Vietnam resolutely opposes Taiwan’s construction of an illegal lighthouse in Ba Binh Island, part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, said the Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Le Hai Binh
Vietnam’s exercise of its sovereignty over Paracels and Spratlys since 1975
Tuesday, July 21, 2015, 13:18 (GMT+7)
Since the April 30th 1975 victory, the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam has controlled all its territories, including Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratlys). Accordingly, together with the organizing of forces to control and protect seas and islands, the State of Vietnam released various legal normative documents on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa
China must immediately halt construction on Vietnamese islands: Spokesman
Friday, May 29, 2015, 09:54 (GMT+7)
Vietnam demands China to immediately stop the construction currently underway on Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said with regard to China’s erection of two lighthouses on Truong Sa islands
The Cairo Declaration (1943) and Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracel Archipelagos
Friday, March 27, 2015, 17:04 (GMT+7)
With the aim of taking back all the islands in the Pacific Ocean that had been occupied by Japan since the beginning of World War I (1914), on November 27th 1943, in Cairo, Egypt, three countries, namely the U.S., the United Kingdom, and the Republic of China held an international conference whose outcome was the Cairo Declaration