Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has freshly issued a dispatch directing the strengthening of measures to ensure security, order, traffic safety, fire prevention, and food safety during the National Day holiday, which lasts from August 31 to September 3.

President Ho Chi Minh was a great leader who had a comprehensive vision and made wholehearted devotion to the Vietnamese people and nation, Douangmixay Likaya, a Lao writer described the Vietnamese leader, who he met in 1959 when the 78-year-old writer and musician was studying in Vietnam.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro have agreed to promote the bilateral defence ties in a more practical and efficient manner during their talks in the Philippines.

A national exhibition entitled “The Testament of President Ho Chi Minh – Everlasting Value and Vitality” opened at the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi on August 30.

Vietnamese public hospitals need to adopt international standards to enhance their quality and meet the increasing demands of the population, said an official from the Ministry of Health on August 30.

Vietnam has recorded US$11.8 billion in agro-forestry-fisheries trade surplus over the first eight months of 2024, surging 68.4% year on year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang affirmed Vietnam's consistent policy of respecting and protecting the right to freedom of belief and religion of all people, while receiving visiting US Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Allison Peters in Hanoi on August 30.

VOV.VN - Police operating in the central province of Ha Tinh said on August 30 that they have co-operated alongside their Laotian counterparts to rescue 13 Vietnamese citizens who were victims of human trafficking in the Golden Triangle.

VOV.VN - After two consecutive deadly explosions in Quy Hop district in the central province of Nghe An, bomb and mine clearance work has been deployed as part of efforts to search for the explosives.

The Pacific Partnership & Pacific Angel Programme in 2024 (PP & PA-24) wrapped up its two-week mission to strengthen disaster response preparedness and international cooperation in the central province of Quang Ngai on August 30.