Vietnam seeks strengthening financial resources to advance gender equality
Vietnam seeks strengthening financial resources to advance gender equality

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.

Vietnam seeks strengthening financial resources to advance gender equality
Central Highland locality records 300 earthquakes over a year
Central Highland locality records 300 earthquakes over a year

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

Central Highland locality records 300 earthquakes over a year
Omicron’s subvariant BA.2.74 recorded in Vietnam
Omicron’s subvariant BA.2.74 recorded in Vietnam

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.

Omicron’s subvariant BA.2.74 recorded in Vietnam
Vietnamese start-up enters top five innovators in plastic waste settlement
Vietnamese start-up enters top five innovators in plastic waste settlement

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.

Vietnamese start-up enters top five innovators in plastic waste settlement
Vietnam makes firm steps in post-pandemic recovery: expert
Vietnam makes firm steps in post-pandemic recovery: expert

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.

Vietnam makes firm steps in post-pandemic recovery: expert
Workshop seeks to create shared value for climate change adaptation
Workshop seeks to create shared value for climate change adaptation

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.

Workshop seeks to create shared value for climate change adaptation
Workshop seeks to better policies, laws on sending labourers to work abroad
Workshop seeks to better policies, laws on sending labourers to work abroad

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.

Workshop seeks to better policies, laws on sending labourers to work abroad
Vietnam expects further healthcare cooperation with Japan, RoK
Vietnam expects further healthcare cooperation with Japan, RoK

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.

Vietnam expects further healthcare cooperation with Japan, RoK
High-Level Forum on One Health Partnership Framework opens
High-Level Forum on One Health Partnership Framework opens

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

High-Level Forum on One Health Partnership Framework opens
Dozens of storms forecast to hit East Sea
Dozens of storms forecast to hit East Sea

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.

Dozens of storms forecast to hit East Sea
Quang Tri: 144 unexploded ordnances safely handled
Quang Tri: 144 unexploded ordnances safely handled

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.

Quang Tri: 144 unexploded ordnances safely handled
Ho Chi Minh City flooded after enduring half-hour deluge
Ho Chi Minh City flooded after enduring half-hour deluge

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.

Ho Chi Minh City flooded after enduring half-hour deluge
New sub-variants of Omicron strain detected in Vietnam
New sub-variants of Omicron strain detected in Vietnam

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.

New sub-variants of Omicron strain detected in Vietnam
Japanese group helps Ninh Thuan train medical students
Japanese group helps Ninh Thuan train medical students

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.

Japanese group helps Ninh Thuan train medical students
Germany recognizes new Vietnamese passport
Germany recognizes new Vietnamese passport

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.

Germany recognizes new Vietnamese passport
Vietnamese students’ association in Germany holds summer camp
Vietnamese students’ association in Germany holds summer camp

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.

Vietnamese students’ association in Germany holds summer camp
Foreign experts learn from Vietnam’s biphasic in vitro maturation technology
Foreign experts learn from Vietnam’s biphasic in vitro maturation technology

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.

Foreign experts learn from Vietnam’s biphasic in vitro maturation technology
Training course for Vietnamese teachers abroad opens
Training course for Vietnamese teachers abroad opens

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

Training course for Vietnamese teachers abroad opens
Hanoi hosts first UK-Vietnam Migration Dialogue
Hanoi hosts first UK-Vietnam Migration Dialogue

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.

Hanoi hosts first UK-Vietnam Migration Dialogue
Vietnam strives to conserve elephants
Vietnam strives to conserve elephants

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. ​

Vietnam strives to conserve elephants
Concern of Vietnamese guest workers in RoK cleared up
Concern of Vietnamese guest workers in RoK cleared up

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.

Concern of Vietnamese guest workers in RoK cleared up
New project to promote Vietnamese language in Vietnamese communities abroad
New project to promote Vietnamese language in Vietnamese communities abroad

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

New project to promote Vietnamese language in Vietnamese communities abroad
Ly Nha Ky re-appointed Romanian Honorary Consul in Ho Chi Minh City
Ly Nha Ky re-appointed Romanian Honorary Consul in Ho Chi Minh City

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.

Ly Nha Ky re-appointed Romanian Honorary Consul in Ho Chi Minh City
More than 251 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Vietnam
More than 251 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Vietnam

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.

More than 251 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Vietnam
Vietnam team claim four medals at Int’l Informatics Olympiad
Vietnam team claim four medals at Int’l Informatics Olympiad

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

Vietnam team claim four medals at Int’l Informatics Olympiad
First Vietnamese victim in Manchester fire identified through fingerprint
First Vietnamese victim in Manchester fire identified through fingerprint

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).

First Vietnamese victim in Manchester fire identified through fingerprint
US recommends adding birthplace info to Vietnam’s new passport
US recommends adding birthplace info to Vietnam’s new passport

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

US recommends adding birthplace info to Vietnam’s new passport
Vietnam targets launch of modern digital finance platform by 2025
Vietnam targets launch of modern digital finance platform by 2025

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.

Vietnam targets launch of modern digital finance platform by 2025
Vietnamese blue-beret doctors support South Sudan people amid flooding
Vietnamese blue-beret doctors support South Sudan people amid flooding

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.

Vietnamese blue-beret doctors support South Sudan people amid flooding
President reduces death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners
President reduces death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners

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

President reduces death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners