The central city of Da Nang has won an Asia-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (Asocio) Smart City Award for its outstanding initiatives of a smart city during the Asocio Smart City Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.  

The Vietnamese Party and State will create favourable conditions for trade union orgnisations of Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to expand cooperation, towards promoting friendship between the two countries, a Vietnamese official has said. 

A forum on smart energy and optimization of power structure in Vietnam with flexible solutions was held by the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam and Wartsila Group in Hanoi on August 29.   

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, with the authority given by President of Vietnam, on August 29 bestowed PeaceTrees Vietnam Founder Jerilyn Brusseau with the Order of Friendship, in recognition for her efforts to heal war wounds in Vietnam.

The preservation of President Ho Chi Minh’s body is of great significance to the cause of national construction and defence, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference reviewing 50 years preserving the President’s body on August 29.

A national consultation seminar was held in Hanoi on August 29 to review the implementation of the third stage of the Working Plan for Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) for 2016 – 2020 in Vietnam. 

Vietnam’s airlines have announced their plans to cancel or reschedule their flights from and to airports in central Vietnam where tropical storm Podul is expected to make landfall on August 30.

A seminar was held in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on August 29 to discuss establishing a platform to facilitate tourism and tourism workforce via public-private partnership.

Of the nearly 22,000 photos under the theme "impressive adventure", National Geographic magazine has selected the six best photos, including the photos of Son Doong cave and Sang Ma Sao terrace fields in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A huge fire broke out at the Rang Dong light bulb storage facility in Hanoi on the evening of August 28, causing a great deal of damage in the process.

VOV.VN - Typhoon Podul is forecast to strengthen before moving west and making landfall in the central provinces of Nghe An and Quang Binh by noon on August 30, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The People’s Court of central Quang Binh province on August 28 handed a death sentence to a Laos national who stood trial for trafficking 308.6 kg of methamphetamine in Vietnam.

Odon Vallet scholarships worth nearly 3 billion VND (129,100 USD) were awarded to 276 students in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri at ceremony held in Dong Hoi city, Quang Binh province, on August 28.

Three turtle species endemic to Vietnam have just been included in an international list of species threatened with extinction, effectively outlawing their trade.

A Vietnam-Cambodia border friendship cultural house was inaugurated in Tinh Bien district, the southwestern border province of An Giang, on August 28. 

The Ministry of Transport is working on a new draft circular which stipulates that the public will have a say on whether the locations of toll stations on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) roads are appropriate. 

The European Union (EU) on August 28 granted 100,000 EUR as relief aid to local residents effected by severe floods earlier this month in Central Highlands and Mekong Delta provinces.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited Vo Hong Son care centre for disabled children in the central province of Quang Ngai on August 28.

VOV.VN - A total of 13,094 cases of dengue fever have been recorded across 15 districts and towns in the central highlands of Dak Lak, including three deaths since the beginning of the year , according to a report by the Dak Lak province Health Department.

VOV.VN - Representatives from Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on social welfare cooperation in Hanoi on August 28.

Storm Podul entered the East Sea early August 28, becoming the fourth storm to move into the sea this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Experts have suggested passing a new law to help improve air quality in Hanoi.

A forum featuring Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan will be held in Tokyo on November 16 with the theme “Make in Vietnam – Opportunities and Challenges”.

VOV.VN - Truong The Dieu, Vietnamese representative at the 45th World Skills Competition 2019, was awarded a silver medal as the event concluded in Kazan, Russia, on August 27.

The Hanoi Department of Transport plans to use the uniform colour for local taxis by 2026.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has issued a travel warning over Hong Kong (China)'s ongoing protests to departments of culture, sport and tourism; departments of tourism of cities and provinces nationwide.

At least 30 representatives from tour-related businesses in the Philippines, Taiwan, Myanmar, Malaysia, and India will visit the cities of Hue and Danang, Hoi An Ancient Town, and Ba Na Hills from September 3 to 6, in a bid to sound out tourism opportunities in Vietnam’s central region.

The prices of about 1,900 different services offered at public hospitals have increased, according to the Ministry of Health.

The 19th Meeting of the East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum (EATOF) Standing Committee took place in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on August 27.

Drivers of "xe om" – or motorbike taxis – carrying passengers and goods and drivers of non-motorised vehicles will have to register with authorised agencies, according to a new draft regulation on the management and use of non-motorised vehicles and motorcycles in the capital city of Hanoi.