A conference was held in Yen The district, the northern province of Bac Giang on August 19 to announce the first shipment of Yen The late-ripening longan to Australia this year.

VOV.VN - Seventy-seven years ago today, Vietnamese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh, carried out the August Revolution, smashing the age-old colonialism and feudalism.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, had a meeting with the Economic Security Department of the Ministry of Public Security on August 18.

VOV.VN - More than 150 businesses representatives from the Republic of Korea (RoK) were in attendance at an international conference held on August 18 in Seoul in order to discuss investment trends in Vietnam moving into the new normal.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung on August 17 handed over a consolidation prize as part of the seventh National External Information Service Awards to Karel Sys, chairman of the Czech Writers’ Association.

VOV.VN - The Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control has requested relevant agencies remove obstacles and fully handle complicated corruption cases which are of public concern this year.

Vietnam has weathered the pandemic storm through a combination of strong yet flexible state leadership that won the confidence of citizens, rapid and nimble response, and innovative use of technology, said James Borton of the School of Advanced International Studies under Johns Hopkins University.

Vice National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai had a working session in Hanoi on August 16 with a delegation from the World Bank (WB) led by Danny Leipziger, Managing Director of the Growth Dialogue.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations on August 16 hosted a get-together with their Lao counterparts in Geneva to mark the 60th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (September 5, 1962 – 2022).

VOV.VN - Nguyen Minh Khac, the runner-up of The Next Gentle Man contest, arrived in the Indonesian province of Bali on August 15 to compete in the Man Of The Year 2022 pageant.