VOV.VN - The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam on August 23 gave opinions on the development planning of Ho Chi Minh City in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, while addressing the Third ASEAN Women Leaders’ Summit in Vientiane on August 22, underscored the importance of encouraging women to get much involved in society to eliminate social prejudice against women and promote gender equality.

VOV.VN - Meat & Livestock Australia played host to a food and culture exchange in Hanoi on August 23, drawing the participation of Aussie Beef Mates and Lambassadors from across Southeast Asia.

A grand requiem for dead victims of traffic accidents is scheduled to be held at Tu Dam Pagoda in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien - Hue, on August 30 - 31.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) stressed the significance of the great national solidarity to developing the community, while attending the 4th World Conference of OV in Hanoi on August 22.

Enterprises should spot their opportunities and risks on the basis of specific domestic and international economic development scenarios in the next 12 months to sketch out, and rationally adjust their business strategies amidst global headwinds, experts said at a business forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 22 by Forbes Vietnam and several organisations.

Representatives from the Departments of Transport of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City joined other delegates representing authorities, and transport and digital development sectors from 28 cities around the world in the third International Transport Conference in Moscow on August 22 – 23.

Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, who is also head of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam, attended a series of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s meetings in Luang Prabang city, Laos on August 21 – 22.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has visited and presented gifts to Madeleine Riffaud, a French revolutionary and former journalist of the French newspaper L'Humanité and a close friend of the Vietnamese people, on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

VOV.VN - About 40 foreign experts, including film directors and producers and tourism operators, have been invited to participate in a tourism-cinema-sport promotion programme in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Binh Dinh to seek cooperation opportunities.