A webinar on vocational education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic took place on August 26, with international experience shared and recommendations made for Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch aimed at providing treatment and implementing social welfare policies for homeless and disadvantaged people.

VOV.VN - Free meals are being offered to people in need in order to support them when they fight to overcome the difficulties faced during the capital’s social distancing period as part of the country’s COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - Two batches of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, consisting of a total of 1,442,300 doses, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of August 27.

The starting round of the 2021 ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security will be held virtually on October 9 with the participation of more than 180 teams from universities and colleges in Vietnam and ASEAN member states.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$60 million financing package to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam, especially in remote upland districts with large ethnic minority communities.

A project jointly implemented by the National Assembly (NA) Office and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to improve the capacity of the Vietnamese NA has achieved set targets despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Theoretical Council Nguyen Xuan Thang hosted a reception for Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie on August 26.

VOV.VN - Australia has committed to share 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with Vietnam, with the first shipment of more than 400,000 doses due to arrive this week.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi has issued a decision approving the detailed planning of the Vietnam Museum of Nature which will be built in Liep Tuyet, Ngoc My and Ngoc Liep communes of outlying Quoc Oai district.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed an additional 11,575 coronavirus infections during the past 24 hours, while nearly 18,600 patients have been discharged from hospital after making a full recovery from the disease, a record high figure on a single day.

VOV.VN - A shipment of 770,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States has arrived in Vietnam, according to the Office of Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria opened an exhibition on late General Vo Nguyen Giap on August 25 to mark his 110th birth anniversary (August 25, 1911 - 2021).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has assigned the Minister of Health to announce the encouragement of localities and organisations to procure vaccines against COVID-19.

Empowerment and equality for women in all fields are high priorities on the ASEAN agenda. However, in reality, there are still many challenges in narrowing the gender gap in the region and for each member country, said Ha Thi Nga, President of the Vietnam Women's Union.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi is at high risk of recording an increase in the number COVID-19 cases within the community as it has many densely populated alleys and streets, as well as crowded residential areas, according to experts.

VOV.VN - Pfizer/BioNTech, a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, of the US, has pledged to provide Vietnam with an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines under a contract signed with the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.

The Italian Government on August 25 decided to present Vietnam with 801,600 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility to aid the nation’s fight against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - COVID-19 infection tally rose to 381,363 following an additional 12,096 positive cases being detected nationwide, with Ho Chi Minh City and its neighbour Binh Duong reporting the highest number of infections at 5,294 and 4,129, respectively, said the Ministry of Health on August 25.

The Help Me! project, a member of the National Technology Centre for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, has been recently launched, connecting many IT engineers and over 150 volunteers in Vietnam and around the world to support Vietnamese people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The central city of Da Nang will extend its order on halt to activities for 10 more days from 8am on August 26 to 8 am on September 5 in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

VOV.VN - The World Bank and the Institute for Social Development Studies have signed an agreement for a US$2.75 million grant provided by the Japan Social Development Fund for the “Strengthening preparedness and response to COVID-19 at the grassroots level in Vietnam” Project.

VOV.VN - Romania has decided to increase the number of AstraZeneca vaccines donated to the nation to 300,000 doses, a figure three times higher than originally planned.

VOV.VN - Vice President Kamala D. Harris launched the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hanoi on August 25.

VOV.VN - A flight by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines landed at Noi Bai International Airport on August 25 after departing San Francisco, with 277 Vietnamese citizens and 6.2 tonnes of medical equipment onboard.

VOV.VN - Military forces have been on the ground assisting residents in Ho Chi Minh City with the process of buying essential items at supermarkets during the tighter social distancing period in the city to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Representatives from Vietnam's northern Ha Giang province on August 24 received medical supplies donated by the Chinese Association of Wenshan prefecture, China's Yunnan province.

Jeon Jin Pyo, deputy mayor of Chuncheon city, the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gangwon province, on August 24 presented 5,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits for Vietnamese Ambassador to the RoK Nguyen Vu Tung in aid of Da Lat city, Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day 2021, themed Empowering Innovations, will be held virtually on August 27 and 28 with a goal to promote AI research, development and application, helping to solve challenging problems in socio-economic development.

The Ministry of National Defence on August 24 presented a 3D holographic-display system introducing the life and career of late General Vo Nguyen Giap to the central province of Quang Binh - the General’s birthplace, on the occasion of his 110th birth anniversary (August 25).