VOV.VN - There has been a growing number of COVID-19 cases in the country recorded in August, with many severe cases and unvaccinated deaths accounting for up to 25% of the total infections, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son.

VOV.VN - The nation is currently the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s third largest trading partner, while the RoK has developed into the largest direct investor in country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked ministries, agencies and localities to step up their coordination with the Ministry of Health to deal with urgent issues in the medical sector while addressing a national teleconference on August 21.

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.