VOV.VN - The National Assembly will convene another extraordinary session to discuss high-ranking personnel work of the State apparatus next week, according to a press communique released on August 23.

VOV.VN - The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam on August 23 gave opinions on the development planning of Ho Chi Minh City in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, while addressing the Third ASEAN Women Leaders’ Summit in Vientiane on August 22, underscored the importance of encouraging women to get much involved in society to eliminate social prejudice against women and promote gender equality.

Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, who is also head of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, attended a series of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s meetings in Luang Prabang city, Laos on August 21 – 22.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has visited and presented gifts to Madeleine Riffaud, a French revolutionary and former journalist of the French newspaper L'Humanité and a close friend of the Vietnamese people, on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Phan Van Mai, Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, received Manuel Domingos Augusto, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), on August 22.

VOV.VN - President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed Sri Lankar’s desire to strengthen the friendship and cooperative relations with Vietnam during his reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Trinh Thi Tam in Colombo on August 21.

VOV.VN - The Czech Republic considers Vietnam a leading partner and important market in Southeast Asia, Jozef Sikela, Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, told Duong Hoai Nam, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic at a recent meeting.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man received visiting Lao NA Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity Sommad Pholsena in Hanoi on August 22.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and China have had sincere and frank discussions about maritime issues to better control and actively resolve disagreements at sea, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.