VOV.VN - Vietnamese travel companies specialising in the European market are having ants in their pants after some European countries, including Germany, Spain, and the Czech Republic, refused to recognize holders of the new-style Vietnamese passports.

The Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar Association (VSSA) has asked for help as smuggling is killing the domestic sugar industry and causing Vietnamese sugar companies to go bankrupt.

Vu Thi Bich Ngoc, wife of the Vietnamese Foreign Minister, and spouses of the Vietnamese Ambassador and diplomats to Cambodia on August 2, visited and presented gifts to students of the Khmer-Vietnam friendship primary school in Prey Veng province.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 1 called on Singaporean firms and Temasek in particular to expand their investment in Vietnam, particularly in technology, strategic infrastructure development, logistics and innovative startups.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening bilateral relations with the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told outgoing British ambassador Gareth Ward in Hanoi on August 2.

VOV.VN - After falling in love with Vietnamese banh mi, a popular type of local sandwich, British chef Luke Farrell on August 2 decided to open a banh mi pop-up shop on New Oxford street in London.

VOV.VN - The Czech Republic has yet to officially recognise new Vietnamese passports after stating that they fail to meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) specifications, according to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hanoi.

Vietnam Summer Camp 2022, which brought together more than 100 young Vietnamese expats aged 16-24 from 25 countries and territories, wrapped up in the city of Vung Tau in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on August 2.

Vietnam's students ended their competitions at the ongoing ASEAN University Games with nine gold medals in Thailand.

VOV.VN - German newspaper Junge Welt (Young World) recently published a news story highlighting the strong recovery of the Vietnamese economy after over two years of grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.