The International Day of Yoga (June 21) took place in the central province of Quang Binh for the first time on July 29.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with 100 outstanding voluntary blood donors nationwide on July 29, who are in Hanoi for a special programme honouring their good deeds.

The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), the Ministry of Public Security, and Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee on July 28 held a ceremony to launch a campaign observing Vietnam's Day Against Human Trafficking and World Day Against Trafficking in Person on July 30 with the theme “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind".

Construction of a Vietnam-Japan friendship house began in the southern province of Long An on July 28, as part of activities marking the 50th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

The Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (VKU) and the University of Da Nang (UD) held the ASEAN Consortium for Innovation and Research (ACIR) forum in the central city of Da Nang on July 28.

The Hanoi People’s Court on July 28 announced sentences for each of the 54 defendants in the case of “repatriation flights” after three weeks of trial and deliberation.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan has proposed Japan’s Wakayama prefecture pay more attention to vocational training and welfare of Vietnamese guest workers living there.

Construction of a dormitory building started on the Laos-Vietnam bilanguage school in Oudomxay province, Laos, on July 28.

The third National Culture and Business Forum will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 18, organisers announced on July 28.

VOV.VN - A batch of 5-in-1 vaccines urgently supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) arrived in Hanoi on July 27, according to UNICEF Vietnam.