Ninety children of 19 ethnic minority groups in Dien Bien province gathered at the Children’s Forum jointly held by the provincial People’s Committee, the World Vision Vietnam and the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation in the northern mountainous locality on July 31.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is widely considered to be one of the leading nations for keeping up with the latest Industry 4.0 technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), said  Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy.

VOV.VN -Three people have been killed with another person seriously injured as a result of a major road traffic accident that occurred in Tuy Phong district, Binh Thuan province, between an oncoming train and a car.

Vietnam recorded 6,219 cyber attacks since the start of 2019, a year-on-year surge of 104 percent, said the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT).

The central city of Da Nang and Facebook on July 31 kicked off a partnership programme on enhancing disaster response and digital capacity, the first of its kind sealed between Facebook and a Vietnamese locality.

Nearly 107,000 out of 164,871 or 70.7 percent of mobile service subscribers that registered to change their networks performed the procedures successfully and retained their numbers from July 1-28, according to statistics from major service suppliers.

Experts on July 30 discussed environmental pollution during a question-and-answer session of the Quang Ninh People’s Council taking place near the UNESCO world heritage site of Ha Long Bay.  

VOV.VN - A tropical depression in the northern part of the East Sea on July 31 gained strength and developed into a typhoon with the international name WIPHA, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The Ho Chi Minh City administration has asked government employees to limit the use of bottled water, plastic bags and straws in the workplace.  

Domestically-made drugs have met nearly half the demand of Vietnamese people in treatment and prevention of diseases, while the country has successfully produced 12 out of 13 types of vaccines used nationwide.

A project on helping children living with HIV or affected by HIV/AIDS benefit from their legal rights was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on July 30.

Environmentally-friendly buses in Ho Chi Minh City could face operating problems as compressed natural gas (CNG) suppliers plan to reduce CNG supply, according to local authorities.

Ho Chi Minh City’s district authorities and state offices are setting up hotlines, working extra hours and visiting residents’ houses to provide public administrative procedures.

A texting campaign was launched in Hanoi on July 30 to raise funds in support of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.

All of the six fishermen on board vessel BD 99999 TS that sunk off Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the early morning  of July 30 were rescued later on the same day by another fishing boat, the fisheries bureau of the central province of Binh Dinh said. 

The national cooperation programme signed between Vietnam and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in December 2017 has created sustainable employment and business opportunities for employees and employers, heard a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 30.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport has proposed investing 250 billion VND (10.8 million USD) to build 34 automatic toll booths to prevent traffic congestion during peak hours in the city centre.

The British Embassy in Vietnam launched a campaign to raise public awareness on the danger of human trafficking in Hanoi on July 30 on the occasion of World Day against Trafficking in Persons (July 30).

VOV.VN -Vietnam has found itself ranked at number 23rd in the complete Global Firepower (GFP) list, which compiles the military powers of the world into a list based on a variety of factors.

VOV.VN -Border guards in Ha Tinh province have thwarted a major drug trafficking operation following the joint efforts with police forces in Borikhamxay province, Laos, which resulted in the arrest of three Laotian nationals.

 A meeting in response to the National Day on Anti-Trafficking in Persons took place in the northern border province of Lang Son on July 30. 

The University of Da Nang on July 30 held a ceremony to present the title of Honorary Professor to Erich Johann Lejeune, President of the Germany’s Heart for Heart Foundation.

VOV.VN - Torrential rains on a large scale struck the northwestern province of Dien Bien on the morning of July 30, posing severe risks of flashfloods, landslides, and massive flooding occurring in localities throughout the region.  

VOV.VN -Police in Ha Tinh province have uncovered an operation involving the illegal transportation of live pangolin, listed on the Red List of endangered species, weighing a total of 140 kilogrammes.

VOV.VN - Outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in 27 districts and towns in the north central province of Thanh Hoa after first appearing in the locality five months ago.

The Ministry of Health is set to amend the Law on Health Examination and Treatment, including provisions on issue of certificates for medical practice.  

The Vietnam – Laos border friendship exchange took place in the central province of Quang Tri on July 29.   

A 145,000-ha botanical garden will be built on the Huong River, in Huong Vinh commune, Huong Tra town, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.  

Numerous challenges are facing Vietnam in its efforts to realise the commitment to doubling the number of wild tigers by 2022.

Hanoi’s secondary school students grabbed gold medals for their two inventions at the World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO) in the Republic of Korea.