Regulators, civil society organisations and the private sector put forth various recommendations to strengthen financial resources to promote gender equality in Vietnam during a conference in Hanoi on August 17.

VOV.VN - The Central Highland province of Kon Tum has recorded more than 300 earthquakes since April 2021, according to the provincial administration.

VOV.VN - The General Department ò Preventive Medicine announced on August 17 that Vietnam has recorded BA.2.74, a new subvariant of the Omicron strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Plastic People is the only Vietnamese innovator in the Top 5 of the Plastic Waste to Value Southeast Asia Challenge to tackle plastic waste mismanagement in the region.

Vietnam has weathered the pandemic storm through a combination of strong yet flexible state leadership that won the confidence of citizens, rapid and nimble response, and innovative use of technology, said James Borton of the School of Advanced International Studies under Johns Hopkins University.

Song Foundation, a Vietnamese non-profit supporting sustainable living communities, on August 16 held a workshop seeking the way to create shared value for climate change adaptation, with climate change experts and business representatives taking part.

The Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Office in Vietnam, held a workshop focusing on Vietnamese labourers and experts working abroad on August 16 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Acting Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan expressed her desire to further strengthen healthcare ties between Vietnam and its partners Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) during her separate meetings with diplomats of the two countries in Hanoi on August 16.

The High-Level Forum on One Health Partnership for Zoonoses (OHP) Framework for the 2021-2025 period took place in Hanoi on August 16.

VOV.VN - Up to 10 storms and tropical depressions are forecast to enter the East Sea between now and February 2023, of which between three and five storms have the potential to directly affect Vietnam.

PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN)’s bomb and mine clearance team announced on August 15 that it had successfully handled a vault containing 144 unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in the central province of Quang Tri.

VOV.VN - Many streets throughout Ho Chi Minh City were left submerged by flooding on August 15, with the weather causing motorbikes to break down and hindering commuters travelling in the southern city.

VOV.VN - The number of COVID-19 cases is currently increasing both globally and in Vietnam due to the recent rapid spread of the Omicron variant, according to the General Department of Preventive Medicine.

A medical vocational school in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan on August 15 signed an agreement with Japan’s Genki Group to enhance cooperation in training Vietnamese workforce in health care, social welfare and education.

VOV.VN - Germany has agreed to accept the newly issued Vietnamese passport with information about the place of birth of the holder added to the observation page of the passport, the German Embassy in Hanoi announced on August 15.

The Association of Vietnamese Students in Germany (SiviDuc) and its Hamburg chapter organised a summer camp in the German port city on August 13 and 14, gathering hundreds of participants from across the European nation.

A group of four Australian doctors and experts visited My Duc Hospital in Phu Nhuan district, Ho Chi Minh City, to learn from the Vietnamese side’s experience in biphasic in vitro maturation (CAPA-IVM) from August 13-14.

A training course on Vietnamese language teaching opened in Hanoi on August 15 for 80 Vietnamese teachers from nine countries.

VOV.VN - Matthew Rycroft, permanent under-secretary of the UK Home Office, and Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang co-chaired a UK-Vietnam migration dialogue in Hanoi on August 15.

In Vietnam, elephants are classified as critically endangered in the Vietnam Red Book, and are included in the group with the highest conservation status, whose exploitation for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited. ​

Vietnamese labourers who are working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) within the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme raised questions relating to their rights, interests and obligations at a meeting on August 14.

The Government has approved a project on designating September 8 as the Day for Honouring Vietnamese Language in Vietnamese Communities Abroad.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese actress and businesswoman Tran Thi Thanh Nhan, better known as Ly Nha Ky, has been re-appointed Honourary Consul of Romania in Ho Chi Minh City following her success in the previous four-year term.

VOV.VN - More than 251 million doses of COID-19 vaccines have been administered to Vietnamese people of all ages across the country, including nearly 100,000 doses given on August 14, according to the Ministry of Health.

All four students in the Vietnamese team have brought home a medal at the 34th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2022) hosted by Indonesia.

Partial human remains recovered from Bismark House Mill in the UK have been identified, through fingerprint analysis, as Nguyen Van Uoc, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK, citing an announcement on August 12 by Greater Manchester Police (GMP).

The US is still reviewing Vietnam’s new passport and has asked visa applicants to submit their birthplace information.

Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc has signed a decision promulgating the Ministry of Finance's digital transformation plan to 2025, with vision to 2030.

Doctors of the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 4 of Vietnam in South Sudan have provided free health checkups to locals and supported the Bentiu General Hospital in overcoming consequences of flooding.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 12 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners, including two foreigners.