UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team Selwin Hart has hailed Vietnam’s seriousness and efforts in fulfilling its commitments at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).

The US-based electronic design automation (EDA) company Synopsys will assist Vietnam in developing human resources in chip design, as part of a deal signed with the Management Board of Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.

A new partnership between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam and the Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) was signed on August 25.

The energy intensity of Vietnam is currently at a much higher level than the world average, and it is high time for the country to end the wasteful use of energy, according to experts.

A workshop was held in Ha Long city, northern Quang Ninh province, on August 26 with the aim of promoting public awareness of marine plastic waste and actions against single-use plastic products in Ha Long Bay, a world natural heritage site.

VOV.VN - The number of cases of dengue fever being recorded in the capital has increased sharply in recent days due to spells of heavy rains, leading to several people being hospitalised in a serious condition, according to information given by the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

VOV.VN - The northern provinces of Hai Phong and Quang Ninh endured heavy downpours which left many streets flooded on the evening of August 25 after storm Ma-on, the third of its kind to form in the East Sea, was downgraded into a tropical low depression.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Sinh and representatives of Vietnamese enterprises visited the Cuban Embassy in Hanoi on August 25 to send donations to help Cuba address the aftermath of the recent oil storage facility fire.

Over 1 million Vietnamese nationals have been sent abroad to work in the past decade, up nearly 40% from the figure recorded in the pre-2012 period, according to a report delivered at a nationwide conference held in Hanoi on August 25.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has seen an increase in the number of children aged five to 12 getting COVID-19 vaccine shots ahead of the new school year due to start on September 5.

VOV.VN - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Lao People’s Public Security Academy - a Vietnamese gift to Laos - took place in Vientiane capital on August 25.

VOV.VN - An appeals court in Hanoi on August 25 upheld a nine-year prison sentence for anti-State instigator Pham Thi Doan Trang charged with conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Northern mountainous localities of Vietnam have planned to evacuate as many as 135,000 residents from coastal and low-lying areas in the event that tropical storm Maon causes heavy downpours that are likely to trigger flashfloods and landslides.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has demanded Acting Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan to consult with experts on solutions to handle the current shortages of medicines and medical supplies, thus giving appropriate and timely directions for this issue at medical examination and treatment facilities.

A dialogue was held on August 24 in Hanoi to gather opinions for a draft law on transgender rights.

A conference was held in Hanoi on August 24 to review the 10-year implementation of a Directive of the 11th-tenure Party Central Committee's Secretariat on strengthening Party leadership on sending Vietnamese workers and experts to work abroad.

It is necessary to strengthen the legal and gender education for women and children, while organising training courses for officials taking charge of gender issues to prevent child abuse, heard a conference held by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Central Committee in Hanoi on August 24.

VOV.VN - Localities in northern Vietnam are expected to experience a long spell of heavy rain in the coming hours on August 25 when storm Maon moves closer to the northern coast, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - A Russian couple were caught illegally growing nearly ten cannabis plants on August 23 at a rented house in Ham Tien ward of Phan Thiet city in the southern central province of Binh Thuan.

VOV.VN - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Youth Volunteer Forum and ASEAN Plus Youth Volunteer Award opened on August 24 in the central province of Quang Binh.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-France Friendship Association will primarily focus on propagating and promoting the image and achievements of the process of the country’s renovation and international integration during the 2022- 2027 term.

Thanks to assistance from US experts, doctors of Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have succeeded in mastering urethroplasty techniques and shared experience with their colleagues from other Southeast Asian countries, heard a seminar on August 23.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia held a working session with the Immigration Management Department under the Cambodian Ministry of Home Affairs’ General Department of Immigration on August 22 following a case related to a group of 40 Vietnamese workers that fled a casino in Kandal province.

VOV.VN - Nearly 3,000 prison inmates who have excelled in performances in detention camps across the country will be granted parole ahead of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2), according to the Central Advisory Council on Amnesty.

Police in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have identified four suspected human trafficking rings based on the testimony of 40 Vietnamese people who escaped from a Cambodian casino.

VOV.VN - The Department of Health of Hanoi capital has requested that the Hanoi Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) co-ordinate with other relevant agencies to monitor monkeypox cases at Noi Bai International Airport.

VOV.VN - A strong earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shook the Central Highland province of Kon Tum at 2:08 pm on August 23, the strongest of its kind to hit the locality in more than a century.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son on August 23 attended the opening ceremony of the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week 2022 which was virtually held in Guiyang City of China’s Guizhou Province.

VOV.VN - Manulife Vietnam recently won the "Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2022" award from HR Asia, the leading regional publisher in the human resources industry.

VOV.VN - Artificial Intelligence Day 2022 themed “Empower the Future" will take place at VinUni University in Hanoi on August 26 - 27 and will be livestreamed globally.