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Hanoi (VNA) – Viet Van Tran, a photographer from the Lao Dong newspaper, has been selected to join others of a free-to-enter online Salon of Photography, entitled “The Connected World: 2020” capturing moments of time in the US and around the world this year. The event, a joint project between the Los Angeles Centre of Photography (LACP) and the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) in San Diego to acknowledge the importance of photography and art in capturing historic world events, is scheduled to run from October 24 to December 31. Its 7-member jury selected 68 entries from 58 photographers for the exhibition out of those from 300 candidates around the globe. Van was the only Vietnamese at the event. His picture to be exhibited, titled “Noi am anh” (Obsession), captures the 6-year-old girl Khanh Han standing in front of a painting on the COVID-19 theme by her farther – painter Nguyen Tan Phat. The work was ranked among the top 20 best photos at the … [Read more...] about Newspaper photographer to display works at US-based exhibition

He also said that the ties between Vietnam and the Russian Federation National Assemblies play a vital role in the relationship between the two countries, and the exhibition will open a new chapter for the cooperation between Vietnam and Russia in general, and between the two national assemblies in particular. … [Read more...] about Photo exhibition on today’s Russian Federation Council

At UN forums as well as regional forums related to human rights, today's participation is not limited to informing the international community about policies, laws and achievements of Vietnam in ensuring human rights. Grasping the spirit of the Party Secretariat's Directive No. 25 on promoting and enhancing multilateral foreign relations by 2030, Vietnam has gradually contributed more substantially to forums, by sharing its approaches and experiences, actively contributing responsibility to issues that the international community cares about, as well as willing to play a core role, ready to act as a bridge, mediating when necessary. … [Read more...] about Human rights considerations: Dialogue and cooperation are the only effective way

As one of the biggest marathon events in Vietnam, the HCMC Marathon has attracted more than 17,000 runners since 2013. The event is expected to attract more international athletes to HCMC, so that it can become an exciting sporting destination in Vietnam and Asia. … [Read more...] about Eighth HCMC Marathon to attract thousands of runners

The pandemic has laid bare the fragility of our world and “risks ignored for decades: inadequate health systems; gaps in social protection; structural inequalities; environmental degradation; the climate crisis”, as assessed in the latest Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization. Equally serious, faltering multilateral cooperation, excessive nationalism, political tensions, or even the use of the pandemic to trigger discrimination and hatred, have hampered our common response, he said. … [Read more...] about Good governance should benefit all: Deputy PM