The National Innovation Centre (NIC) in collaboration with the Japan Trade Promotion Agency (JETRO) and the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam on August 29 held a ceremony to announce the programme “Inno Vietnam – Japan Fast Track Pitch 2023” (Vietnam – Japan Innovation: The Road to Success) in Hanoi.

The eighth border defence friendship exchange between Vietnam and China is scheduled to take place in Vietnam’s northern province of Lao Cai and its neighbouring Chinese province of Yunnan on September 7 - 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s outbound investment during the opening eight months of the year surged by 5.2% to reach more than US$416 million against the same period from last year, according to details given by the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Pham Tat Thang, member of its Central Committee and permanent deputy head of the committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, paid a visit to Nigeria from August 25-27.

VOV.VN - A workshop on gender equality and comprehensive development in plastic waste management was jointly held on August 29 in Hanoi by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

VOV.VN -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong were joined by their wives on August 29 to hold a conversation with outstanding students from the Vietnam National University - Hanoi (VNU) on various issues.

VOV.VN - The local administrations of Batna province of Algeria and the Vietnamese province of Dien Bien consented to establish a twinning partnership between the two localities on August 28.

VOV.VN - US President Joe Biden is scheduled to pay a visit to Vietnam from September 10-11 at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, spokesperson of the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on August 29.

VOV.VN - The rising prices of petrol and domestic rice in line with global prices have pushed Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) during the eight-month period to 3.1% on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) on August 29.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of its Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia paid a working visit to Mexico from August 24 to August 28.