VOV.VN - Vietnamese Kurash athletes brought home 3 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals, securing an impressive second finish at the 2025 Asian Kurash Championships, which concluded in the Republic of Korea on August 4.

VOV.VN - After one month of implementing the two-tier local government model, many localities across Vietnam have swiftly restructured their administrative systems, stabilised operations, and improved public services, showing early effectiveness and gaining public support despite some remaining challenges.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien held official talks with his visiting Lao counterpart Malaithong Kommasith in Hanoi on August 4.

The Hue Central Hospital on August 4 held a ceremony to discharge and congratulate a 56-year-old patient on his successful heart transplant, marking the hospital’s 19th successful surgery of this kind.

Vietravel Airlines on August 4 officially welcomed its second owned aircraft, an Airbus A320, at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, marking a new milestone in the airline’s efforts to enhance operational capacity and pursue sustainable development.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Thu Dau Mot Water Joint Stock Company (TDM) have signed a US$6 million loan agreement to expand Bau Bang water treatment plant, addressing growing water needs amid rapid economic and population growth in Ho Chi Minh City’s northern industrial and residential areas of Binh Duong and Thu Dau Mot.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) urged commercial and foreign banks to stabilise deposit rates and slash lending rates at a conference in Hanoi on August 4, in line with Government directives to drive economic recovery amid the robust 7.52% GDP growth in the first half of 2025.

State President Luong Cuong, accompanied by his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, on August 4 toured the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), a monumental cultural landmark of Egypt in the 21st century.

VOV.VN - Starting August 5, thunderstorms are expected to develop in northern mountainous and midland areas and gradually spread to the Red River Delta, while the central region remains gripped by intense heat, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - President Luong Cuong met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Egypt on August 4, as part of his ongoing State visit to the African country.