Across Vietnam, there are 1,417 monuments to the Hung Kings and their family, generals, and other figures from the Hung Kings era.

Stressing that eliminating substandard houses is an extremely important political task, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for stronger engagement of the whole political system in the work, especially the business community and the public, so as to basically complete the programme by October 31, 2025.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) on June 4 issued an announcement inviting overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to register for attendance in the fourth World Conference of OVs and the 2024 forum of OV intellectuals and experts that are slated to take place from August 21-28.

Major contents of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book entitled “Promoting the tradition of great national solidarity, making our country more prosperous, civilised, happy” were highlighted at a conference held by the Standing Board of the Soc Trang Party Committee on March 18, with the online participation of Party members and officials from provincial to local levels across the Mekong Delta locality.

The “Great Solidarity of Ethnic Groups-Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Week 2023" opened at a grand ceremony held in Hanoi on November 23. ​

The sabotage arguments by hostile forces, the “bullets” intended to drive a wedge into the great national solidarity, failed to pierce through the firm shield of the truth and people’s solidarity.

Seventy-five years have passed but the appeal for patriotic emulation made by President Ho Chi Minh on June 11, 1948 - when the country was fighting to defeat French colonialism - has inspired patriotism and promoted national solidarity among Vietnamese nationals with a view to protecting and developing the nation.

A ceremony to commemorate Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc, who set himself on fire 60 years ago to protest against the repression of Buddhists by the American-supported Saigon Government, was held at Viet Nam Quoc Tu pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7.

Leaders of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 11 visited and offered greetings to Buddhist dignitaries, monks and followers at Thom Mit and Prolai Meas pagodas in Tinh Bien township, ahead of Khmer ethnic minority people’s traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay.

The upcoming conference on implement the Politburo’s Conclusion regarding overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs aims to ensure the coherence in awareness and actions among agencies and organisations and enhance their understanding of the significance of the matter to great national unity, according to Ambassador Ngo Trinh Ha, Vice Chairman of the State Committee on OV Affairs.

The annual programme which arranges trips bringing overseas Vietnamese to Truong Sa islands helps strengthen national solidarity, Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Phung Khanh Tai said on May 30.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised cooperation between the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) during a conference on September 29 to review the two sides' coordination results in the 2016 -2020 period and the first eight months of this year, and future focuses.

In response to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s appeal for greater national solidarity to fight COVID-19, Vietnamese people inside and outside the country have supported the work of the Party, Government, and administrations at all levels and sectors in pandemic prevention and control.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held a working session on December 21 in the central city of Da Nang with the High Command of Military Zone 5, which covers the strategic area of central and Central Highlands provinces.

The Party, State and people always treasure those who contribute to the community and pay heed to take care of the poor, people who rendered services to the nation, with disabilities, and were victimised by natural hazards, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on November 27.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a delegation of incumbent and former Party and State leaders offered incense at a temple dedicated to late President Ho Chi Minh on Ba Vi mountain in Hanoi on January 18.

The sixth football championship - Hung Kings Cup 2019 kicked off in Singapore on April 14 with the participation of 16 teams representing overseas Vietnamese students, entrepreneurs and intellectuals working and studying in the country.

President of the Vietnam Writers’ Association (VWA) Huu Thinh has called on Vietnamese writers, both at home and abroad, to use the power of literature to strengthen the national solidarity.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a plan on preserving and promoting the value of the Hung Kings temple relic site in the northern province of Phu Tho by 2025.

The Great National Unity – Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Weekwill be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi from November 18-23.