The People's Court of Ha Tinh province handed down a 6-year prison sentence and two years' probation to a local man for making, storing, disseminating or propagating information, documents or materials aimed at opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at a first-instance trial on August 26.

The Indonesian Navy's ship KRI Bima Suci on August 26 docked at Tan Vu port, starting its four-day courtesy visit to the northern city of Hai Phong.

President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines visited the KOTO humanitarian vocational training centre in Tien Du district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, on August 26 as part of her official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The scientific and educational organisation "Meeting Vietnam" on August 26 presented a total of 465 Vallet scholarships to several outstanding students at high schools and universities based in southern provinces and cities.

VOV.VN - The future leader programme for Vietnamese officials was launched at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) on August 26 with a view to sharing Singapore's knowledge and experience in dealing with development challenges, thereby identifying areas for more effective co-operation between Vietnam and Singapore.

The second mock session of the “Children’s National Assembly”, scheduled for September in Hanoi, will see the participation of 307 children, according to the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

VOV.VN - The nation is set to endure spells of heavy rain over the next few days, with several provinces facing the possibility of floods and landslides, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) on August 26.

Vietnamese experts have joined their Cambodian peers and Cambodian youngsters a trip held by the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) to historical sites related to the Pol Pot genocidal regime in the neighbouring country to collect data and stories of this period.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging diagnostics helps doctors reduce working time and make decisions faster with higher accuracy, Dr Mai Hong Son from the Military Hospital 108 shared at a medical conference in Da Nang city on the weekend.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed a significant overhaul of Vietnam's railway management system, as outlined in the draft Revised Railway Law.

President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines and her entourage made a tour of the Trang An eco-tourism site, part of the Trang An landscape complex, in Ninh Binh province, approximately 100km south of Hanoi, on August 25 as part of her ongoing official visit to Vietnam.

The 28th edition of Ho Chi Minh City’s technical innovation competition has opened and will accept entries until the end of the year.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is gathering ideas on a draft project to promote human resources development for the semiconductor industry until 2030 with a vision to 2050, destined for the approval of the Prime Minister.

President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines visited the special national relic Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex) in Hanoi on August 24 afternoon, as part of her ongoing official visit to Vietnam.

Individuals and organisations in Vietnam should proactively strengthen their defence capabilities against increasingly diverse and complex cyberattacks, which involve various methods and advanced technology, insiders have said.

Vietnam is currently hosting nearly 22,000 international students, the highest number in the past nine years.

VOV.VN - Ship 18 of Brigade 171 of the Naval Region 2 Command of the Vietnam People’s Navy began its journey to Australia on August 24 as it heads to attend Exercise Kakadu 2024 for the first time.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam received 60 outstanding overseas Vietnamese (OV) out of more than 400 from 42 countries and territories attending the 4th World Conference of Overseas Vietnamese and the 2024 forum of OV intellectuals and experts in Hanoi on August 23.

Immediately following the Paris Court of Appeal's decision on August 22 to reject the civil lawsuit filed by Tran To Nga, an 82-year-old French-Vietnamese, against 14 US chemical companies for supplying Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin to the US army during the Vietnam War, many French media outlets have reiterated her decades-long arduous and challenging fight for justice.

Health experts have shared the latest knowledge on the impact of pneumococcal diseases in adults and the effectiveness of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines.

The Vietnam Artificial Intelligence Day 2024 (AI4VN) opened in Hanoi on August 23 with a plenary session highlighting the remarkable strides made by Vietnam in artificial intelligence (AI).

Mobile internet speed in Vietnam increased by 1.4 times in July compared to March, with upload processes sped up by 1.2 times, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

A grand requiem for dead victims of traffic accidents is scheduled to be held at Tu Dam Pagoda in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien - Hue, on August 30 - 31.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) stressed the significance of the great national solidarity to developing the community, while attending the 4th World Conference of OV in Hanoi on August 22.

Representatives from the Departments of Transport of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City joined other delegates representing authorities, and transport and digital development sectors from 28 cities around the world in the third International Transport Conference in Moscow on August 22 – 23.

VOV.VN - Around 1,000 domestic and foreign experts are expected to take part in the eighth International Conference of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network for the Asia-Pacific Region due to take place from September 5 to 17 in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) has decided to urgently launch a national measles vaccination drive as the number of infections is increasing sharply in many localities throughout the country.

To detect promptly mpox (formerly called monkeypox) cases domestically and from international arrivals, Vietnamese authorities have stepped up efforts in monitoring and preventing the spread of the disease and providing guidance on related surveillance and control measures, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang has said.

The 4th World Conference of Overseas Vietnamese (OV) officially concluded in the capital city on August 22 afternoon, successfully completing the agenda and planned activities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam regrets that the Paris Court of Appeals on August 22 rejected Vietnamese French dioxin victim Tran To Nga’s petition to sue 14 companies that supplied Agent Orange/dioxin for spray during the American waged war in Vietnam.