Domestic air transport has recorded spectacular recovery and breakthrough growth in the first eight months of 2022, according to a report issued by the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) on August 31.

VOV.VN - The Philippine newswire the Inquirer has recently published an article highlighting Vietnam as an economic dynamo which offers three helpful lessons for regional peers.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam International Furniture and Home Accessories Fair (VIFA-EXPO) kicked off on August 31 in Ho Chi Minh City, attracting the participation of 200 local and foreign enterprises.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang on August 31 held a ceremony to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Laos and 45 years of the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Lotte expects to receive additional Vietnamese support and favourable conditions to undertake its long-term investment projects in the country, Shin Dong-bin, chairman of Lotte Holdings Co. Ltd. at a meeting with State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 31.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision to grant parole to more than 2,400 prison inmates, including 16 foreigners, on the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day this year.

VOV.VN - A Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) lantern festival is set to get underway from September 9 to September 11 at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square adjacent to Hoan Kiem, also known as Sword Lake, in Hanoi.

The central province of Ha Tinh, which borders two Lao provinces, on August 30 held a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 – 2022) and 45 years of the Vietnam – Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 – 2022).

A friendship gathering was held by Vietnam-Uzbekistan Friendship Association (VUFA) on August 30 to mark the 30th anniversary of establishment of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (1992-2022).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Jagannath Chapagain and international delegates to the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) during a reception in Hanoi on August 30.