The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a get-together on August 19 on the occasion of the National Day of Hungary (August 20).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to chair a national conference on August 20 to examine solutions for developing the national labour market moving into the post-pandemic period.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will provide more than 400,000 seats on domestic routes from September 1 to September 4 to meet the travel demands of passengers during the upcoming National Day holiday on September 2.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi in Hanoi on August 18, during which he suggested both nations should step up cooperation in areas of great potential such as agriculture, tourism and transportation.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, had a meeting with the Economic Security Department of the Ministry of Public Security on August 18.

VOV.VN - The Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)'s chapter in Ho Chi Minh City held a service on August 18 for locals who died due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A seminar running with the title of "Danish experiences and solutions in sustainable agri-food production" was recently held with the aim of restoring long-term co-operative relations in the fields of agriculture and food following a hiatus of nearly two years caused by COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recently welcomed a new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows as global companies move to diversify their production chain in the post-COVID-19 period, according to industry insiders.

Vietnam has weathered the pandemic storm through a combination of strong yet flexible state leadership that won the confidence of citizens, rapid and nimble response, and innovative use of technology, said James Borton of the School of Advanced International Studies under Johns Hopkins University.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien, Miss Grand International 2021, has officially become the Communications Ambassador of the International Tourism Expo Ho Chi Minh City 2022 (ITE HCMC 2022).