The third Namaste Việt Nam (Hello Việt Nam) Festival opened in HCM City on Sunday.

The province should build mechanisms and policies to mobilise all social resources for rapid and sustainable development, especially for expanding the infrastructure system serving transport, healthcare, education and culture promotion.

Highlighting that this was the second visit made by the President of the Australian Senate to Việt Nam, NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn said the visits have contributed to the ever closer relationship between the two countries and the two parliaments.

During the talks, the two sides agreed on a number of measures to deepen relations between the two countries, including preparations for high-level visits, promoting the effectiveness of the political consultation mechanism and the Việt Nam-Chile Free Trade Council.

The Central Highlands region is a particularly important strategic area for the country's economy, politics, security, national defence and ecological environment, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính.

By 2030, Vietnam would train at least 50,000 engineers and bachelor’s degrees to serve the semiconductor industry in all stages of the value chain, according to a draft scheme on development of human resources for the semiconductor industry through 2030 with orientation toward 2050.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has signed Decision 865/QD-TTg approving a pilot project on building smart border checkpoints at the Huu Nghi (Vietnam) - Youyi Guan (China) International Border Gate Pair.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính required ministers to seriously acquire feedback, continue consulting with experts and scientists, and collaborate effectively with relevant ministries, sectors, and agencies during the drafting and finalisation of legislative documents.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a Government monthly law-making session on August 24 to discuss seven draft laws, proposals for law-making, and one report content.

Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Friday for Elchin Amirbayov, Special Envoy of the President of Azerbaijan.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up its 36th session in Hà Nội on Friday.

At a reception in Hà Nội on Friday for the diplomat, the top leader said Việt Nam always values its traditional friendship with Sri Lanka that spans nearly 55 years of diplomatic relations.

The meeting will take place on August 26 at the National Assembly House in Hà Nội.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính delivered a virtual address at the third ASEAN Women's Leaders Summit on Friday morning, highlighting the commitment of Việt Nam in promoting gender equality.

The Politburo scrutinised and basically agreed on the major and important guidelines and viewpoints orienting planning work for HCM City.

The diplomat said that Vietnamese leaders and people highly value the visit by President Wickremesinghe in 2017 as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, and hope to welcome more Sri Lankan leaders in the future.

HCM City is ready to carry out a twinning and cooperation agreement with an Angolan locality and, as a major centre of Việt Nam, it is willing to work with sectors and localities of the African nation in the fields matching their common interest and potential so as to further intensify their countries’ relations

Chile is one of Việt Nam's four largest trade partners in the Latin American region (following Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina).

Prosecutors allege that the network issued over VNĐ1.6 trillion (US$64 million) in loans to about 121,000 borrowers between January 2019 and May 2022, reaping illegal profits of more than VNĐ700 billion ($28 million). 

The United Nations has proposed an International Cybercrime Agreement, which will be signed in the near future and the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security will be one of the signatories.