The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has issued a decision recognising the traditional craft of making lotus-scented tea in Quang An ward, Tay Ho district of Hanoi as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Bold steps were made to handle serious corruption cases during the first half of the year, including many related to ministries, sectors and localities, in line with the motto of “no off-limits zones and no exceptions”, Vice Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Nguyen Huu Dong said on August 14.

Social policy credit has been a “highlight”, and a “pillar” in the system of policies aimed at alleviating poverty and ensuring social security, meeting the desire of the people, particularly impoverished and disadvantaged groups, over the past decade, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on August 14.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung chaired talks with a delegation from the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) led by General Secretary Paulo Raimundo in Hanoi on August 14.

Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and a Thai royal delegation visited Nam Cuong Primary School in Lao Cai city of the province of the same name on August 14 as part of her ongoing working visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan.

The women's unions of the central province of Quang Binh and the Lao province of Khammouane solidified their partnership on August 14 with the signing of a new cooperation agreement for the 2024-2026 period.

A conference to review the results of a project on expanding opportunities and improving the status for persons with disabilities for the 2021-2024 period was jointly organised by the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of central Thua Thien-Hue province and the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) on August 14.

Vietnamese Consul General in China’s Hong Kong and Macau Le Duc Hanh paid a courtesy visit to Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region Ho Iat Seng on August 13 as part of her first working trip to the region.

After several rounds of feedback from ministries, sectors, and experts, the Ministry of Transport is finalising the proposal for the construction of the North-South high-speed railway, as the funding plan for the project has shown positive signs, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Danh Huy has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 14 stressed law building as a key task for ministries and agencies this month, urging great efforts to complete the draft laws that are slated to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at its eighth meeting, scheduled for October.