The second Vietnam - ASEAN International Furniture & Home Accessories Fair 2024 (VIFA ASEAN 2024) kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on August 27.

Vietnam's vaccine maker AVAC Vietnam Joint Stock Company (AVAC) will export 150,000 doses of African swine fever vaccine to the Philippines on August 29, said AVAC General Director Nguyen Van Diep.

Vietnamese businesses need to improve the quality of their products, and better corporate governance to promote exports to Japan which has high demands for Vietnamese garments and textiles, fine arts, farm produce and food, among others, experts said at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia hosted a ceremony on August 26 to mark the 79th anniversary of the National Day of Vietnam (September 2).

The Department of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs and the General Hospital of the northern mountainous province of Son La, in collaboration with Operation Smile Vietnam (OSV), are organising a cleft lip and palate surgery programme for local children from August 26-29.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese phone and component exports to India during the past seven months of the year reached US$1.15 billion, representing a sharp rise of 102% on-year, according to data released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (SABECO) (HOSE: SAB) has been honoured as one of the Top 50 Best Listed Companies in 2024 by Forbes Vietnam magazine, marking its 7th consecutive inclusion.

Truc Lam Restaurant and Coffee, a cafe and architectural space inside the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, recently received two international architecture awards in the United States.

The Vietnamese Party, State, military and people always treasure the special relations with Laos in all circumstances, and bear in mind the valuable support of Laos for the nation during its struggle for national independence in the past and construction and development nowadays, a Vietnamese high-ranking military officer said on August 26.

VOV.VN - Fulbright University Vietnam is the result of educational cooperation between Vietnam and the United States, especially in the field of training high-quality human resources.