VOV.VN - Ngoc Thao, second runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2020, has posed for photographs whilst wearing a wonderful Thai costume as part of her participation in the Miss Grand International 2020 beauty pageant.

The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) and its arm Convention & Exhibition Centre (COEX) said on March 8 that they have signed a contract with Vietnam’s Becamex IDC to run the World Trade Centre Binh Duong New City Expo in the southern province of Binh Duong.

The Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva held a gathering on March 8 on the occasion of the 1981st anniversary of the Hai Ba Trung Uprising and the 111th anniversary of International Women’s Day.

Taking place on March 7, an online charity auction in Malaysia, a meeting and musical festival in Macau (China), and a contest in Laos were among the activities held by Vietnamese overseas in celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has recently hosted a workshop aimed at discussing ways of reopening the country’s borders to international travelers providing the conditions allow.

VOV.VN - The first female medical staff and other frontline workers at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi received their AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 on March 8 which coincides with International Women’s Day.

VOV.VN - Women hailing from rural areas work hard routinely to make ends meet at the Long Bien wholesale market in Hanoi. For them, International Women’s Day on March 8 is similar to other normal days.

The government and the International Finance Corporation aims to increase the number of women in leadership positions in banks.

VOV.VN - A total of 360 Vietnamese citizens, including minors under the age of 18, sick people and other specially difficult cases were repatriated from Singapore after touching down at Can Tho International Airport on March 7.

A series of cultural activities within the “Ao Dai Week 2021” are being organised this weekend in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate International Women's Day (March 8).