Construction of the expanded Dien Bien airport project is scheduled to begin in December 2021 and finish at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

VOV.VN - Vietnam imported US$2.93 billion worth of animal feed and materials during the first seven months of the year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) must form the core of protecting the Party’s ideological foundation along with foiling any subversive plots, including ‘peaceful evolution’ schemes initiated by hostile forces.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam vs Australia match in the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup is likely to take place at My Dinh national stadium in Hanoi without fans due to COVID-19 fears.

The Vietnam Youth Initiative Programme – InnoCity 2021 will be officially launched at a ceremony held in both in-person and online forms on August 19.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has agreed to buy a further 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as part of the deal for 31 million doses of the vaccine as adopted by the Ministry of Health in May.

The Le Monde newspaper of France has recently posted an article of the Collectif Vietnam-Dioxine association, calling on French politicians and the international community to support victims of Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam and designate a day in commemoration of the victims.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (IDEA)’s Centre of Information and Digital Technology (CID) are in discussion with VISA about implementing cashless payment solutions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with talks held recently via a video conference.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 13 for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has expressed his delight at the fruitful development of bilateral ties across a variety of fields even amid adverse impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.