Hung Kings' Festival or Hung Kings death anniversary is a Vietnamese festival held annually from the 8th to the 11th of the third lunar month, in which the 10th day is the main festival day.
Together with Pho and spring roll, Vietnamese sandwich has become so famous and popular in many countries that it is included as a new word in the American dictionary.
Being a distinctive Vietnamese dish, especially to those who live in the North, Pho is available everywhere, from villages to urban cities, to be sold by street vendors or served at luxurious restaurants.
"Balance" may be the single word that is commonly used to describe Viet Nam's gastronomy. In essence, Vietnamese cuisines usually reach the balance of ingredients and recipe: neither putting too much salt and fat, nor using fattening cooking methods such as frying that may lead to diseases.
The Mekong Delta is the southernmost region of Viet Nam, comprising one city and 12 provinces. The Delta is formed by a huge amount of silt and has been extended together with the sea level rise over the years.
Situated in Kien Giang province, Phu Quoc is the largest island among the 22 islands located in the Gulf of Thailand, and also the largest island of Viet Nam.
Mui Ne is located in the east coast of Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province and about 250 km north of Ho Chi Minh City. The place is famous for shady roads under coconut trees, wonderful beaches, cliffs and sand dunes glowing in the sunlight.
Located in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, Nha Trang Bay is known as the most famous beach destination in Viet Nam.
More than 40 km south of Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province, the Cliff of Stone Plates looks, from a far distance, like a huge beehive which is about 50 meters in width, 200 meters in length.
Located in Da Nang city in the central region of Viet Nam, Son Tra is referred to as a precious natural pearl. This peninsula has a moderate climate all the year round. It is particularly charming with vast forests, sheltering a large number of rare animals, beautiful coral reefs and alluring beaches such as Bai Bac, Bai Nam and Bai But.
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is situated in Quang Binh province. The Park can be compared to a huge and valuable geological museum of the world thanks to its complicated geological structure with different categories of stone including sandstone, quartz, schist, siliceous limestone.
About 100 km to the south of Ha Noi and 7 km away from Ninh Binh city, Trang An Landscape Complex covers an area of more than 2,000 hectares, mostly comprising karst hills, mysterious and majestic grottos, paddy fields and dozens of historical and cultural relics such as pagodas and temples.
Recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site for its values of landscape, geology and geomorphology in 1994 and 2000, Ha Long Bay, located in Quang Ninh province, is a wonderful and skillful masterpiece of nature.
Lying at the height of approximately 2,000 meters above the sea level, covered with clouds all the year round, Sapa has a magnificent and pristine beauty of a typical mountainous town in the Northern border area of Viet Nam.
Please be informed that the Embassy of Viet Nam in Sweden will be closed from Monday (01 September 2025) to Tuesday (02 September 2025) on the occasion of the National Day of Viet Nam. We will resume normal operations on Wednesday (03 September 2025).
Hailing the sector's outstanding achievements and contributions, Party General Secretary To Lam stressed that the Vietnamese diplomatic service is now facing a historic mission. He called on the sector to focus on building a comprehensive, modern, and professional diplomacy imbued with Vietnamese identity; ensuring comprehensiveness across all three pillars of Party diplomacy, State diplomacy, and people-to-people diplomacy; closely integrating diplomacy with national defence, security, economy, science and technology, culture, and foreign service information; and modernising itself in terms of mindset, methods, and tools.
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2025), the Embassy of Viet Nam in Sweden (accredited to Latvia) is going to organize the "Viet Nam Festival in Latvia 2025" - the first cultural event of Viet Nam to be held in the Republic of Latvia so far.
Registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam hit over $21.51 billion in the first half of the year, up 32.6% and a record high since 2009, while disbursed capital reached $11.72 billion, up 8.1%. Among the largest manufacturing projects licensed in the period is a $1 billion polyester fabric recycling complex project of Sweden’s leading textile manufacturer Syre.
On June 26, Ambassador Tran Van Tuan chaired the 39th meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Stockholm (ACS) with the participation of Ambassadors and Charge d'Affaires of ASEAN countries in Sweden.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Spouse, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, paid an official visit to Sweden at the invitation of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson from June 11 - 13, 2025. The highlight was that Viet Nam and Sweden became Sectoral Strategic Partners in Science - Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation.
Viet Nam and Sweden have agreed to establish Sectoral Strategic Partnership in Science - Technology, Innovation and Digital transformation.
PM Pham Minh Chinh to attend UN Ocean Conference, visit Estonia, France and Sweden. The trip is made at the invitation of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and President of France Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michal, and Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson from 5-14 June, 2025.
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