Authorities of the northern province of Phu Tho and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) put into operation an Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) at a ceremony on August 30.

The Business Association of Thai-Vietnam (BAOTV) inaugurated the Vietnamese Goods Exhibition Centre at VT-Namnueng shopping mall in the Thai northeastern province of Udon Thani on August 23.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, the Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) participated in a recent working session alongside Dr. Carlos Correa, executive director of the South Centre based in Geneva.

VOV.VN - As many as 154 employees of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Quang Nam province have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus after a CDC member was infected with the virus.

The national archive centre on population debuted during a ceremony held by the Ministry of Public Security on August 17.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang has accelerated testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with the Da Nang Centre for Disease Control taking approximately 5,000 samples per day.

VOV.VN - The Korean Cultural Centre in Vietnam will launch the K-pop Cover Video Contest 2020, an online competition, to promote cultural exchanges between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang is stepping up construction of a field hospital at the Tien Son Sports Centre in an effort to deal with the fresh COVID-19 outbreak which has recently hit the city.

The Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic is integrating well into the local society, said Jiří Knitl, President of the Committee for National Minorities of Prague city, during his recent visit to Sapa Commercial Centre.

The Hue Festival 2020 will open on August 26 this year, two days earlier than the previously-decided date of August 28, the festival organising board said on July 21.