On April 17 in Quang Ninh, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) held the closing ceremony of the 24th Vietnam-China Youth Friendship Meeting in 2025. During the 6-day exchange, delegates from both countries visited and shared experiences in youth union work, enhancing understanding and connecting the two countries' youth.

While the EU and Canada have responded strongly to the US tariff measures, some countries like the UK, Mexico, Australia, and others have opted for a more cautious path: negotiation instead of confrontation. This strategy helps them avoid escalating trade tensions but also entails risks when dealing with a US administration ready to use tariffs as a negotiation tool.

On March 25 in Hanoi, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union, in collaboration with the UN Women in Vietnam, organized the Intergenerational Media Forum titled “Women and Gender Equality in the New Era.” The event marked the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 10th anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) implementation.

The event aimed to foster solidarity, mutual understanding, and information exchange among ambassadors and diplomatic corps in Hanoi.

Daniel Nguyen Hoai Tien was born and raised in Orange County (California, USA) in a Vietnamese family. However, during childhood, he had limited exposure to his mother tongue. His turning point came when he enrolled in a Vietnamese language course at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). “This is the starting point of my journey to my roots,” said Daniel. From there, his mother tongue became the key to a deeper experience in discovering his identity and connecting with his homeland.

Dr. Tran Hong Van, a translator and interpreter at Western Sydney University and a member of the VietSpeech project, an initiative by Charles University aimed at enhancing language skills and preserving the mother tongue for Vietnamese children in Australia, once shared emotionally: “It is such a wonderful feeling to live abroad and hear my child say 'Me oi' (Mom).” For her, every time her daughter Ivy speaks Vietnamese, it brings an indescribable joy, a sacred bond between generations, and a connection to their roots.

Luu Sally (Nguyen Thi Luu) has spent 8 years teaching Vietnamese to second-generation Vietnamese in Östergötland, Sweden, yearning to preserve her homeland's language and culture. In the cozy small classroom, her love and patience connect children born abroad with their Vietnamese roots.