VOV.VN - Seventy-seven years ago on September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh solemnly read the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, a member of the Politburo and secretary of Ho Chi Minh City's Party Committee, received visiting officials from the Lao capital of Vientiane and Champasak and Savannakhet provinces on August 29.

The Vietnam People’s Army (VPA)'s delegation with eight medals finished fifth at the 2022 International Army Games, which was closed with a ceremony held in Moscow, Russia, on August 27.

VOV.VN - Sustainability and circularity are an inevitable path which Vietnamese textiles must follow, according to Truong Van Cam, general secretary of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS).

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Italian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Enrico Padula have discussed ways to promote bilateral ties, especially in hi-tech agriculture, manufacturing and processing, transport, logistics, finance-banking, and preservation of cultural heritage values.

The 11th annual joint meeting of the Vietnam-Thailand Friendship Association (VTFA) and the Thailand-Vietnam Friendship Association (TVFA) was held in Bangkok on August 24.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam paid courtesy calls on General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavan in Vientiane on August 24.

The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has completed its preparation to host a ceremony to receive the UNESCO's certificate recognising the art of Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic people as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on September 24.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 22 for Lao Prosecutor General Xayxana Khotphouthone, who is in Vietnam for the 7th Conference of People's Procuracies of provinces sharing the Vietnam – Laos border.

VOV.VN - The Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)'s chapter in Ho Chi Minh City held a service on August 18 for locals who died due to the COVID-19 pandemic.