Malta to mark 40 years of friendship with VN; Civil Code gets NA's top attention; Benin wants to enhance ties with Vietnam; State leader embarks on fact-finding tour to Gia Lai

 Deputy Defence Minister welcomes US senior diplomat; Most Vietnamese Ukrainians exempted from military service; Vietnam, South Africa share experience in ethnic minority affairs; President welcomes young Japanese lawmakers

 Rescue operation for the Friday's shipwreck in waters between Malta and Italy which left more than 30 migrants dead were one of the toughest, a rescuer said on Saturday.