A delegation of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) led by Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang had meetings with Vietnamese communities in both the East and West regions of Canada, as part of their working visit to the country from August 24 – 27.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired a working session with the Standing Board of the Central Military Commission in Hanoi on August 28.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held online talks on August 27 with his Laotian counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith.

The People's Court of Ha Tinh province handed down a 6-year prison sentence and two years' probation to a local man for making, storing, disseminating or propagating information, documents or materials aimed at opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at a first-instance trial on August 26.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc and US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins co-chaired the 13th Vietnam-US Political, Security, and Defence Dialogue in Hanoi on August 26.

VOV.VN - US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins is set to visit Vietnam on August 26- 27.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly will convene another extraordinary session to discuss high-ranking personnel work of the State apparatus next week, according to a press communique released on August 23.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 22 praised Vietnamese expatriates for their wholehearted support and assistance to the fatherland over the years and said the Party and State stay ready to address their concerns.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has cabled a message of congratulations to Hungarian President Sulyok Tamas on the State Foundation Day of the European nation (August 20).

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said the state visit to China by Party General Secretary and President To Lam is a particularly important foreign activity between Vietnam and China this year that has reaped great success in all aspects.