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).

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.