VOV.VN - Local street food including Bò nhúng dấm (Beef in vinegar hot pot) and Bún chả (Grilled pork meatballs with vermicelli noodles) have been named among the list of the Top 100 Southeast Asian meat dishes.

VOV.VN - As part of celebrations for the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day and the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Sri Lanka (1970–2025), the Vietnamese Embassy in Sri Lanka on August 24 hosted a cultural and artistic exchange in the country’s central province, featuring performances by artists from the Thang Long Music and Dance Theater and the Hanoi Cheo Theater.

State President Luong Cuong has penned an article on the occasion of the 80th founding anniversary of the diplomatic sector (August 28, 1945-2025).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela held a press conference on August 22 to inform the Venezuelan press and friends about the profound historical significance of the August 1945 Revolution and provide updates on Vietnam’s achievements after 80 years of national construction and development.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Sri Lanka recently inaugurated a Vietnamese culinary week at the Hilton Colombo Hotel, celebrating the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Sri Lanka (1970–2025).

Close to 2,000 participants joined a 2.5-kilometre friendship walk in Ho Chi Minh City on August 23 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Vietnamese diplomatic service (August 28, 1945 – 2025).

VOV.VN - The number of visitors coming from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Taiwan (China) coming to Vietnam for golf tourism has been growing steadily at an annual average growth rate of 10% to 15%, and the upward trajectory is expected to continue if Vietnam maintains its favourable visa policies.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, head of the Vietnamese sub-committee of the Vietnam – Russia Intergovernmental Committee for economic – trade and scientific – technical cooperation, and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the Russian sub-committee, talked over the phone on August 22.

A once-secret Vietnamese military cipher bunker that safeguarded confidential documents of the General Staff during the resistance war against the US has been opened to the public to mark the August Revolution (August 19, 1945 - 2025) and National Day (September 2).

Eighty years after declaring independence, Vietnam has transformed itself from a war-ravaged country to a nation of proactive contributions to the international community, affirming its role and position on the global stage, according to a Vietnamese scholar in Germany.