The Generative AI Summit 2024, themed 'Uncharted Frontiers,' was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18.

Measures implemented by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to fight off the dollarisation of the economy, highlighted by the zero per cent interest rate for deposits made in US dollar, have produced positive effects in stabilising the exchange market, increasing foreign reserves, remittance flows and foreign investments, said economists and exchange market experts.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos should work closely together to speed up key infrastructure connection projects, including the Hanoi – Vientiane expressway and Vientiane – Vung Ang port rail route, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The 79th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of Vietnam (September 2) was celebrated with a ceremony held in Bern on August 18.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man presided over the NA Standing Committee’s 36th meeting which opened in Hanoi on August 19.

A three-dimensional exhibition featuring documents selected from the collection of the Nguyen Dynasty’s Imperial Archives -World Document Heritage will commence on August 22 at https://archives.org.vn, according to Hanoi’s Department of Culture and Sports.

A delegation of Hanoi led by Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People's Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan paid a working trip to Chile from August 16-18 to beef up the cooperation between Hanoi and Chile’s localities as well as between Vietnam and Chile.

VOV.VN - The Communist Party of Vietnam is simultaneously carrying out two tasks of socio-economic development and Party building, including the ongoing fight against corruption, and the two tasks are complementary with each other.

VOV.VN - With the World Health Organization (WHO) recently declaring the ongoing Monkeypox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Vietnam has required localities to monitor and detect suspected cases at border gates as well as medical facilities.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has signed to issue Decision 865/QD-TTg approving a pilot project on building smart border checkpoints at a specialised freight transport routes through the areas of Border Markers No.1119 – 1120 and No.1088/2 – 1089 of the Huu Nghi (Vietnam) – Youyi Guan (China) International Border Gate Pair.