A ceremony to kickstart the construction of a scientific research and training centre at the National University of Laos was held by the Vietnam National University - Hanoi (VNU) and the Lao Ministry of Education and Sports on July 12 under an agreement between the two governments.

VOV.VN - President To Lam and his high-level delegation arrived at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh on July 12 afternoon, beginning a state visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese goalkeeper Nguyen Ngoc Thi, best known for representing the U19 Vietnam national team between 2019 and 2020, will play for Kirivong Sok Sen Chey FC in the Cambodian Premier League during the 2024/2025 football season.

VOV.VN - The country will send a total of 16 athletes to the 2024 Paris Olympics which will get underway in France in late July, making the Vietnamese delegation the sixth largest in the Southeast Asian (SEA) region in terms of the number of athletes qualifying for the global games.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 142,586 tonnes of pepper of all kinds worth US$634.2 million during the first half of the year, marking a drop of 6.8% in volume but a rise of 30.5% in value on-year, according to statistics released by the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association (VPSA).

The Vietnam Advertising Festival opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 11, drawing the participation of more than 600 representatives from the Government agencies, organisations, enterprises and experts in the sector.

VOV.VN - Around 500 people joined in a race as part of activities held in response to the National Radio Broadcasting Festival 2024 taking place on July 12 in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa.

VOV.VN - Google has unveiled that it will provide 40,000 scholarships to people in Vietnam with the aim of equipping Vietnamese young generations with the latest artificial intelligence (AI) skills, whilst expanding development opportunities in the AI field for both domestic workforce and startups.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore has advised Vietnamese exporters to carefully study and keep updated on new regulations in Singapore, a market that is becoming more cautious in trade policy, in order to further exploit this market.

Vietnamese airline Vietjet and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Laos on July 11 announced an agreement to boost air transport connectivity between Vietnam and Laos.