During the week-long campaign, which started on August 18, they will offer free health check-ups and medicines to 1,500 people in Sikhottabong district.

Over the last two decades, the scenes of Japanese volunteers working across the countries have become familiar to Vietnamese people. They are contributing to deepening friendly ties between the two countries.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations and the municipal chapter of the Vietnam-Hungary Friendship Association (VHFA) held a gathering on August 20 to celebrate the National Day of Hungary (August 20) and the 20th founding anniversary of the chapter. 

Experts gathered at a workshop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 19 to seek ways to reduce food losses and waste, and ensure a sustainable APEC food system.

The APEC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC)’s Joint Regulatory Advisory Committee (JRAC) on Electrical and Electronic Equipment convened its 22nd meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on August 20. 

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VA) on August 19 inaugurated a new school for pupils in the mountainous commune of Thuong Hoa, Minh Hoa district, the central province of Quang Binh.

The first river bus route of Ho Chi Minh city will be put into operation on August 21 with one-way tickets priced at VND15,000 (US$68 cents), said a representative from the HCM City Department of Transport.

Hanoi has decided to ban taxis and cars from a number of streets during rush hour as part of the city's latest efforts to tackle traffic congestion.

VOV.VN - 87-year-old Duong Van Ngo has worked as a public letter writer for 27 years at the Saigon Central Post Office in Ho Chi Minh City. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam is celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the August Revolution with scores of events. 

As many as 120 officials from member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum are gathering at the fourth APEC Pathfinder Dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City on August 19-20 to discuss measures to strengthen the fight against illicit trade and corruption.

Hanoi’s young people began a series of voluntary activities as part of the “Green Summer” campaign in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on August 18. 

The High-Level People’s Court in Hanoi on August 18 upheld death sentences on former General Director of the Vinashin Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd. (Vinashinlines) Tran Van Liem and former acting head of Vinashinlines’ sales department Giang Kim Dat. 

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man on August 19 visited and presented gifts to people affected by floods in Muong La district in the northern mountainous province of Son La.

The core of early essential newborn care is the First Embrace – immediate and thorough drying after birth followed by skin-to-skin contact, appropriately timed clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord and exclusive breastfeeding.

A 50km long electric fence has been put into operation on a trial basis to prevent wild elephants from wandering into residential areas in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to the provincial Forest Protection Sub-Department.

A Ministry of Health’s project has helped improve medical services in six central north provinces, particularly at district-level hospitals, heard a conference in Hanoi on August 18 to review the project.

Viettel, the military-run network operator, is offering up to 99% discounts on international roaming services for subscribers to celebrate the ongoing SEA Games 29 in Malaysia.

For the last few years, an increasing number of students in Hai Ninh commune in central Quang Binh province’s Quang Ninh district have dropped out of school to help their parents with fishing at sea.

Energy production from solid waste in urban areas is forecast to increase by between 10-16% in Vietnam, heard a workshop in Hanoi on August 18.

VOV.VN - Star-gazers will now have the chance to view eclipses and meteor showers in all their glory, reports Vnexpress Online.

VOV.VN - A workshop was held recently in Ho Chi Minh City by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to address issues related to implementing and funding the Paris Agreement commitments.

A seminar on building a farm produce manufacturing and consuming system adaptable to climate change took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 18. 

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security was honoured with the Lao Order at a ceremony held in Hanoi on August 18. 

VOV.VN - Four small-time drug users are in jail while police in Nghe An Province have seized a total of three kilograms of meth, 2,000 pills of ecstasy, 120 kilos of marijuana and a Toyota SUV, reports Zing Online.

The Ministry of Health is maximising efforts to prevent the spread of dengue fever, heard a meeting in Hanoi on August 17.

The Health Ministry’s Vietnam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) has announced that it will use buprenorphine to treat nearly 500 drug users in the mountainous provinces of Dien Bien, Nghe An and Son La this year. 

 Domestic and international health experts gathered in the central City of Da Nang on August 17 to call on countries to promote early essential newborn care (EENC).

The third camp for Vietnamese youths and students in Europe (SiviTa Europa) kicked off in Prague, the Czech Republic, on August 17, attracting 300 delegates from 12 European nations and Vietnam.

The first-instance hearing for Ha Van Tham, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Ocean Bank), and his accomplices will be reopened on August 28, according to the Hanoi People’s Court.