VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has devised plans aimed at transporting personnel and medical equipment to coronavirus hotspots of Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Long An provinces in the south.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has suggested that China should create favourable conditions to boost customs clearance for Vietnamese agricultural products stuck in border areas.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Mongolia recently held a ceremony to receive donations to the COVID-19 prevention and control fund.

The Youth Social Work Centre under the Vietnam Youth Federation on August 23 launched a call centre supporting COVID-19 prevention and control (1900 638 090) with multi-functions: Community emergency, Home hospital, Patient treatment medicine bag, Oxygen ATM, Relief food and Free burial.

The Vietnam National Brands Week 2021 – Hybrid Expo on Halal and Processed Food Products kicked off at an exhibition centre in Changi airport of Singapore on August 23.

VOV.VN - Ride-hailing firm Grab Vietnam has launched a Medical GrabCar team to transport medical staff around Hanoi free of charge.

VOV.VN - Thai and Vietnamese people are eligible to participate in a video making contest themed “Thai-Vietnamese Friendship in the New Normal”, to celebrate 45 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two counties.

Politburo member Nguyen Xuan Thang on August 23 presented an insignia "For the cause of political theory training” to the outgoing United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Vietnam, Kamal Malhotra.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria Nguyen Trung Kien had a working session on August 23 with Barbara Kaudel-Jensen, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Austrian Federal Chancellor, on cooperation between the two countries in the lead up to 50 years of diplomatic ties this year.

VOV.VN - Cuba will provide Vietnam with 10 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from now until the end of 2021, President Miguel Díaz-Canel told Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc during phone talks on August 23 evening.