VOV.VN - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Lao People’s Public Security Academy - a Vietnamese gift to Laos - took place in Vientiane capital on August 25.

VOV.VN - The Vu Lan Festival opened on August 6 and saw thousands of Buddhist followers flock to the Kim Son Pagoda in Hoa Binh province in order to show their great appreciation and gratitude for their parents and ancestors.

VOV.VN - Hanoi hosted an ASEAN flag hoisting ceremony on August 8 to celebrate the 55th founding anniversary of the bloc, which founded on August 8, 1967, and 27 years since Vietnam became an ASEAN member.

The construction of a Vietnam welcome gate on an overseas Vietnamese road in Nong Khai province, northeastern Thailand, has begun.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has been named as the host of the Asia & Oceania Gala Ceremony 2022 of the World Travel Awards, with the event scheduled to take place on September 7.

Central Military Hospital 108 is among the five to receive the Asia Pacific Hand Hygiene Excellence Award and Innovation Award 2021 for excellently performing hand hygiene at the recent Hand Hygiene Excellence Award Ceremony 2022 in Singapore.

VOV.VN - Incense offering and candle-lighting ceremonies took place across the country on the night of July 26 to mark the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day, which was first held on July 27, 1947.

VOV.VN - A candle-lighting ceremony and an art programme held in honour of national martyrs took place on July 24 in the central province of Quang Tri to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day, which was first held on July 27, 1947.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine, in collaboration with competent Ukrainian agencies, organised a book introduction ceremony in Kiev to showcase Luc Van Tien (The Tale of Luc Van Tien), the most popular poem by Vietnamese blind poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu.

VOV.VN - A sendoff ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 20 for the Vietnamese sport delegation to the 11th ASEAN Para Games for the disabled, scheduled to take place in Indonesia from July 26 to August 7.