VOV.VN - Vietnamese female football star Huynh Nhu flew to Portugal on the morning of August 22 as she started preparations ahead of signing a two-year contract with Länk FC.

VOV.VN - World champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Vietnam’s leading chess player Le Quang Liem 3-1 on August 18 in the fourth round of the FTX Crypto Cup, the main stage of the Champions Chess Tour.

The Vietnamese office of the international child-focused agency World Vision on August 18 held a workshop in Hanoi to kick off its Against Child Exploitation (ACE) project in the country.

VOV.VN - A seminar running with the title of "Danish experiences and solutions in sustainable agri-food production" was recently held with the aim of restoring long-term co-operative relations in the fields of agriculture and food following a hiatus of nearly two years caused by COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem won a cash prize of US$7,500 at the FTX Crypto Cup 2022 following his victory over Polish rival Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the third match held in the United States on August 17.

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Laos and Vietnam co-organised a seminar on economic diplomacy in Vientiane on August 17.

Vice National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai had a working session in Hanoi on August 16 with a delegation from the World Bank (WB) led by Danny Leipziger, Managing Director of the Growth Dialogue.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations on August 16 hosted a get-together with their Lao counterparts in Geneva to mark the 60th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (September 5, 1962 – 2022).

VOV.VN - The biennial national beauty contest Miss Vietnam 2022 has now opened for Vietnamese young women aged between 18 and 27.

VOV.VN - Situated in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh, Ha Long Bay has been listed as one of the 10 most beautiful destinations for 2022, as selected by the Canadian newswire The Travel.