A total of 95,079 people participated in an online quiz on the history of the special Vietnam-Laos relations in its 10th week from August 15 to 22.

Many transport companies plan to increase vehicles, trips and routes to meet the demand of passengers during the National Day holiday (September 1 - 4).

Vietnamese students won one silver, five bronze medals and one consolation prize at the 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), said the Hanoi Department of Education and Training on August 22.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression located to the east of the Philippines’ Luzon Island has strengthened into typhoon Ma-on and is set to enter the East Sea in the next 48 hours, according to details given by the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is among the top countries with the highest cancer rate worldwide, according to a recent International Scientific Conference on Cancer Prevention in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Primary schools across the capital received hundreds of first grade students on August 22 as they help them to get acquainted with their new school before the start of the 2022-2023 academic year.

VOV.VN - There has been a growing number of COVID-19 cases in the country recorded in August, with many severe cases and unvaccinated deaths accounting for up to 25% of the total infections, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son.

The Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in coordination with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has recently organised a writeshop to update the Special Report “Youth for Climate Action in Vietnam.”

Solutions to improve the teaching and learning of Vietnamese language among overseas Vietnamese children were tabled for discussion at a seminar in Hanoi on August 20.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked ministries, agencies and localities to step up their coordination with the Ministry of Health to deal with urgent issues in the medical sector while addressing a national teleconference on August 21.

VOV.VN - About 155 educational institutions across Vietnam had received and trained more than 45,000 foreign students from 102 countries and territories worldwide over five years from 2016 to 2021.

Raymonde Dien, a member of the French Communist Party and a symbol of the fight against the war by the French colonialists in Vietnam, passed away on August 19 at the age of 93.

The Vietnam – UK Friendship Association of Hanoi held the fourth Congress on August 20 and set out orientations for the 2022-2027 tenure.

VOV.VN - The police of An Giang province unveiled on August 20 that they have recovered the body of a Vietnamese citizen who had recently gone missing after fleeing from the Cambodian casino where he had worked.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a get-together on August 19 on the occasion of the National Day of Hungary (August 20).

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has requested that Cambodia launch a probe into a case in which 42 Vietnamese citizens escaped a Cambodia casino and risked their lives swimming across a river into Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and the Public Relations Department (PRD) of Thailand signed a document in Bangkok on August 19 to enhance cooperation in the field of media in general and radio - television broadcasting in particular between the two sides.

An international conference and exhibition on waste treatment solutions and technologies in urban cities in Vietnam will take place in the central city of Da Nang from August 25-26.

An exhibition aimed to raise people’s awareness of the importance of reducing the use of plastic products opened in Tuy Hoa city in the central province of Phu Yen on August 19.

VOV.VN - Firefighters are seen to extinguish a fire when it occurs, but not many people know how hard they practise to become firefighters.

VOV.VN - Newswire Research.com has unveiled a list of the Best Engineering and Technology Scientists in the world, including 10 Vietnamese.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to chair a national conference on August 20 to examine solutions for developing the national labour market moving into the post-pandemic period.

The Vietnamese office of the international child-focused agency World Vision on August 18 held a workshop in Hanoi to kick off its Against Child Exploitation (ACE) project in the country.

French experts shared experience in data digitalisation and the handling of administrative procedures at a workshop in Hanoi on August 18.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is expected to host a dialogue with members of the Vietnam Youth Union and young people on October 15 to mark 66 years of the Vietnam Youth Federation.

VOV.VN - The Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)'s chapter in Ho Chi Minh City held a service on August 18 for locals who died due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Prime Minister has ordered authorities to build a safe and thorough plan to organise traffic during the upcoming holidays.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung on August 17 handed over a consolidation prize as part of the seventh National External Information Service Awards to Karel Sys, chairman of the Czech Writers’ Association.

VOV.VN - In order to achieve its target of reaching net zero emissions, the nation needs a further US$368 billion during the 2022 to 2040 period, roughly 6.8% of GDP each year, according to the World Bank (WB)’s calculation.

The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has warned about scams targeting people who want to work in technical occupations in the Republic of Korea (RoK).