The Investigation Police Agency under the Police Department of northern Quang Ninh province have commenced criminal proceedings against a local woman for arranging surrogacy for commercial purpose.

The Archdiocese of Hue held the 2019 La Vang Pilgrimage Festival in the central province of Quang Tri on August 14 and 15. 

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee held a seminar on August 15 to discuss workforce training in accordance with international standards for the 2020 – 2030 period. 

Exhibitions marking the 50-year implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s testament (1969 – 2019) are underway in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The country’s northern provinces, including the capital Hanoi, have been enduring a major hot spell during the summer with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius.

Up to 84.2 percent of the communes in the capital city of Hanoi have met the standards for new-style rural areas as of April this year.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Buddhist community joined together at pagodas and temples throughout Vietnam in order to honour their parents and ancestors to mark the Buddhist festival of Vu Lan.

VOV.VN - The sixth national children’s forum opened in Hanoi on August 15 with 169 children gathering together to represent the 26 million children nationwide to make their voices heard.

A campaign to reduce plastic waste was launched in Huu Lung district, the northern mountainous province of Lang Son, on August 14 to raise awareness among youngsters about the damaging impact of the rubbish.

Some 300 shelters will be built at public bus stops in Hanoi’s 17 outlying districts and Son Tay town.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a message to ministries and localities ordering them to ensure road safety during the coming holiday.  

Over 900 Vietnam War grenades were detonated on August 14 in the central province of Quang Tri by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG).  

Multilateral connectivity and cooperation in the formation of a high-quality tourist route was highlighted at the sixth Meeting of GMS Southern Tourism Corridor that took place in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 14.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held an international seminar in Hanoi on August 14 to discuss urban solid waste management to meet demand for circular economic development. 

Vietnam will send 19 contestants to compete in 18 occupations at the 45th World Skills Competition (WSC 2019), which will take place in Kazan, Russia from August 16-28.

VOV.VN - Youth union members in the central province of Quang Nam in colloboration with the youth union of the Ministry of Public Security launched a campaign on August 14 to clean up beaches and say ‘no’ to plastic waste on the island commune of Tam Hai in Nui Thanh district.

A kaleidoscope of Vietnamese cultures, traditional practices and breathtaking world heritage sites are featured at the “Vietnam-Cultural Colours” exhibition, which is scheduled for August 18-21 in the south central province of Phu Yen.

VOV.VN -The market management team, in co-ordination with the Environmental Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, successfully seized a large number of smuggled mooncakes that had been imported from China.

A total of 1,414 explosives left from the war have been safely detonated in the central province of Quang Tri, said the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) on August 14.

VOV.VN - An international exhibition on fire-fighting equipment, rescue methods, fire prevention techniques, known as "Fire Safety and Rescue Vietnam - Secutech Vietnam 2019" opened in HCM City on August 14 with the particpation of nearly 400 exhibitors.

VOV.VN - Representatives from Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and Japan’s Nagono prefecture signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on developing human resources in Hanoi on August 14.

VOV.VN -A 23-year-old Vietnamese woman has been killed after being swept out to sea by a large wave while swimming in the waters off of Takeigama beach in Kashima of Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan.

VOV.VN - The number of dengue fever cases has continued to rise throughout Vietnam in recent weeks as the epidemic is predicted to undergo a number of complicated developments in the near future, according to the Ministry of Health. 

Ta Ngoc Van, Chief Lawyer at a Hanoi-based charity organisation that rescues women and children in crisis, has been named in the 2019 Class of Asia 39 Young Leaders by the Asia Society from the US.

The 10th Vietnam – India People’s Friendship Festival opened in the northern province of Ninh Binh on August 13, attracting the attention of over 30 delegates from India.

Hanoi is working to improve public administrative services by operating online and simplifying procedures to better meet the demands of its residents.

A communications programme “For the safe life of children” was held in Ho Chi Minh City for over 500 workers in Binh Tan district, the first activity in a series of events to raise awareness of young families working in industrial and processing zones about protecting their children from sex abuse.

A pictorial book titled “50-year implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s testament (1969-2019)” has been introduced to the public.

Over 400 scholars worldwide are attending the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) Regional Convening 2019 in Hanoi from August 12 – 15. 

Police in the northern border province of Son La have arrested three Chinese men who killed a taxi driver to rob his car.