VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong on August 15 sent a message of congratulations to Indian President Droupadi Murmu on the 77th anniversary of India’s Independence Day (1947 - 2023).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked localities to stabilise daily activities of households in landslide areas and ensure safety for them and major infrastructure facilities while working with representatives from ministries, agencies and provinces in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau on August 11.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 10 asked ministries, agencies, and localities to prepare plans to exploit the new development space created by major highways and roads when he chaired a meeting of the State steering committee for national key transport projects.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chairman of the National Emulation-Commendation Council for the 2021-2026 tenure, chaired the sixth meeting of the council in Hanoi on August 10 to review its performance in the first seven months of this year, set tasks for the rest of the year, and discuss proposals.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on US healthcare giant Abbott to expand its investment and upgrade the quality of its pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in Vietnam as a way of promoting the domestic pharmaceutical industry.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed a dispatch on August 8 requesting efforts be made to prevent, control, and mitigate damage from landslides, riverbank and coastal erosion, and flash floods.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang held a ceremony in Long Xuyen city on August 7 to announce a Prime Minister decision recognising Mukhalinga Ba The, a linga with the head of Hindu god Shivaa as a national treasure.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,753 natural disasters hit Vietnam during the first seven months of the year, leaving 267 dead, 78 missing, and 291 injured, a conference of the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control heard on August 7.

As inflation is reported to be under control, there is room to adjust prices of State–managed goods and services in the remaining months of this year.

VOV.VN - Incumbent Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is also incumbent chairman of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, reaffirmed Cambodia’s policy of strengthening the long-standing friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, during his phone talks with Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on August 5.