The Vietnam homepage of tech giant Google today features a doodle of ‘chim lạc’, a legendary bird in Vietnamese folklore that has come to represent the nation, to mark the country’s 77th National Day (September 2, 1945-2022).

Representatives of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Khon Kaen and the Vietnamese Association of Udon Thani province of Thailand on September 2 offered incense in memory of late President Ho Chi Minh at a memorial site named after him in Udon Thani.

Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) celebrated 77th National Day (September 2) with a get-together.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba held a ceremony to pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of the 77th National Day and his 53rd death anniversary.

VOV.VN - The General Statistics Office (GSO) reports that Vietnam’s economy in the first eight months of this year has gradually regained the growth rate it enjoyed before the pandemic.

The domestic tourism sector needs data centres, hosted by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to accelerate digital transformation of the industry, said Nguyen Quyet Tam, a member of Vietnam Software & IT Services (VINASA) and CEO of VietISO.

A conference to promote cooperation between six Vietnamese localities and four southern provinces of Laos has been held in Pakse, the Lao province of Champasak.

The scientific and educational organisation "Meeting Vietnam" on September 2 presented 230 Vallet scholarships worth VND4 billion (US$170,484) in total to outstanding students in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

VOV.VN - Da Nang, a tourism hub in central Vietnam, is seeking to attract tourists from India, Australia, the Philippines, and other places as opposed to traditional markets such as Russia and China due to external factors.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, under secretary of state for arms control and international security, will make a three-day visit to Vietnam on September 8-10.