VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Week in Thailand 2023 – the Magic Taste of Vietnam – opened at CentralwOrld, a shopping plaza and complex in Bangkok on August 16 evening.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang attended the opening ceremony of the 7th China – South Asia Expo (CAS Expo) and the 27th China Kunming Import and Export Commodities Fair in Kunming, the capital of China’s Yunnan province, on August 16.

VOV.VN - After 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, the friendly co-operative relationship between Vietnam and Israel has continuously seen strong development, thereby making both sides become each other's leading and important partners in Southeast Asia and West Asia, respectively.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) on August 15 held a get-together to celebrate the 78th National Day of the Republic of Indonesia, with the original date being August 17, 1945.

Vietnam's U23 football team and their head coach Hoang Anh Tuan arrived in Bangkok on August 14 to prepare for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2023 which will take place in Rayong province from August 17-26.

VOV.VN - The 23rd Vietnam - China International Trade Fair is scheduled to get underway in Lao Cai city of the northern province of the same name from November 10 to 15, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Vancouver and the ASEAN member consulates-general held a friendly sports event called the "Charity Golf Tournament" on August 11 to mark ASEAN Day and raise funds for social activities in British Columbia province of Canada.

Two Vietnamese films – “Yellow Flowers on Green Grass” and “Yen’s Life” – are competing in the first ASEAN Film Festival in Hong Kong (China).

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the Consulate of Indonesia organised ASEAN Fun Walk 2023 on August 12, with the event drawing the participation of approximately 1,000 local and foreign runners.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen Nguyen Duy Ngoc on August 11 suggested major solutions for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to raise the efficiency of anti-drug cooperation.