VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired the 26th meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena on August 14 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has emerged as a chip sector magnet due to its affordable and quality talent pool, with many firms from the United States, Taiwan (China), and the Republic of Korean looking to beat path to the country though boom strains resources, according to Japan’s news service Nikkei Asia.

VOV.VN - The 27th ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of Ministries of Foreign Affairs Meeting (DGICM 27) opened on August 14 in Nha Trang city in the southcentral coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has officially been confirmed as the host country of Mr World 2024, with the event rescheduled to take place in November instead of September as previously planned.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced plans to add 2,500 flights on local and international routes, with over 500,000 seats on offer in total to meet the spike in travel demand during the upcoming National Day holiday.

VOV.VN - Several localities nationwide have reported the reappearance of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, after many years, with the majority of patients being unvaccinated children or those not yet fully vaccinated.

VOV.VN - The national roller sports championship is scheduled to take place from August 16 to August 18 in Hanoi, with the event providing competitive races to 200 athletes from 10 cities and provinces from across the country.

VOV.VN - A delegation of Hanoi, led by Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, deputy secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People's Council, paid a four-day working trip to Argentina from August 11, in an effort to step up the capital’s ties with Argentinean localities.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is set to increase export turnover by roughly 6%, and maintain a trade surplus of about US$15 billion next year.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence Gen Phan Van Giang and his Russian counterpart Andrey Removich Belousov on August 13 held talks in Moscow as part of the former’s visit to Russia to attend the International Military-Technical Forum “Army-2024”.