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.

VOV.VN - Despite a busy schedule during his official visit to Vietnam, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was able to share several photos of his meetings with Vietnamese senior leaders and photos taken by himself at sightseeing spots around Hanoi on his Facebook page.

VOV.VN - Vietnam racked up a trade surplus of US$20.19 billion during the opening eight months of the year, according to the latest statistics compiled by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - The export price of Vietnamese rice remains the highest in the world after India, the world's largest rice exporter, continued to apply an export tax of 20% on parboiled rice, according to details given by the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

VOV.VN - A delegation made up of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) led by Do Tien Sy, president of VOV, held a working session with Hendrasmo, president director of Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), in Jakarta on August 28, as part of efforts to seek ways to enhance ties in information exchange and culture in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Shares of Vietnam's leading electric vehicle maker VinFast (VFS), owned by local billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, reached US$93 on August 28, duly raising the market value to more than US$191 billion on the Nasdaq.