VOV.VN - The national U23 football team suffered a 5-3 defeat to Bahrain in a penalty shootout after recording a 1-1 draw in a 90-minute friendly ahead of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2023.

VOV.VN - Le Nguyen Ngoc Hang, the second runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2022, will represent the country at the upcoming Miss Intercontinental pageant due to take place in Egypt this December.

VOV.VN - Between five to seven tropical storms or tropical depressions are likely to strike the East Sea till the end of the year, with two to three to batter Vietnam, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on August 16 presided over the 24th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control.

In response to a programme on 1 million initiatives to overcome difficulties and fight the COVID-19 pandemic launched by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), trade unions at all levels in Hanoi had registered 130,569 initiatives as of August 3, surpassing the target of 130,000 proposed by the city Confederation of Labour.

The Vietnam-Korea trade promotion week will take place in the northern port city of Hai Phong from September 1-10, toward celebrating the 31st anniversary of Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) diplomatic ties.

A cooperation agreement on forming a pork trading floor in Ho Chi Minh City was signed on August 14 between the municipal Departments of Industry and Trade, and Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam (MXV).

The National Innovation Centre (NIC)'s new establishment in Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park on the outskirts of Hanoi will be officially inaugurated in October this year, heard a press conference on August 15.

VOV.VN - An art exchange programme held between the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong and India took place in August 14 in Gia Nghia City.

VOV.VN - Sun World Fansipan Legend in Sa Pa town of Lao Cai province won the title of “Exemplary Cultural and Spiritual Complex in Asia-Pacific” at an award ceremony held in India in early August.