National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ will lead a Vietnamese NA delegation at the 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42), which is scheduled to open in Brunei via videoconference format on Monday.

在惠誉国际评级（Fitchratings）日前将越南信用评级提升至“BB+”，展望稳定后，该机构刚继续宣布上调一系列银行的信用评级。

越通社特派记者报道，12月19日，越南政府总理范明政及越南代表团回到河内，圆满结束于12月15日至18日应日本首相岸田文雄的邀请赴日出席东盟-日本关系50周年纪念峰会和参加系列双边活动之旅。

12月18日下午，越南国家主席武文赏在主席府会见了正在对越南进行工作访问的老挝政府副总理吉乔·凯坎匹吞（Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune）。

12月18日上午，老挝党和国家勋章授勋仪式在越南内务部举行。

On Saturday, Chairman of Hà Nội People's Committee Chu Ngọc Anh issued Dispatch No.19/CĐ/UBND officialising the extension of lockdown measures city-wide until September 6 as COVID-19 situation remains complicated.

HCM City on Saturday issued rules for the heightened period of COVID-19 prevention and control starting Monday, as the authorities insisted the next two weeks are not a hard lockdown or an “state of emergency”.

12月18日，哈萨克斯坦驻越南特命全权大使卡纳特·图梅什（Kanat Tumysh）走访岘港市并与该市人民委员会领导举行工作会议。

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked Pfizer to accelerate vaccine delivery to Việt Nam, especially in August and September, as he held talks with the company's CEO Albert Bourla late Friday night.

广平省风雅-格邦旅游中心代表透露，在关闭进行修缮改造的一段时间后，世界自然年遗产风雅-格邦国家公园的仙山洞穴将于12月21日正式重新开放迎客。这是广平省洞穴系统中一个富有吸引力的旅游目的地。

据《越南之声》，与其他少数民族相比，巴天族最显著的特点主要体现在服饰的颜色上。巴天族男性通常身穿靛蓝色衣服，而女性的传统服饰则是在西北山区郁郁葱葱的绿色中央呈现出的鲜艳的红色。

Hà Nội’s authorities decided on Friday to extend social distancing order until 6:00am of September 6, 2021, amid new COVID-19 infections in the community and complicated developments in many other localities.

 Deputy head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Ambassador Pham Hải Anh urged international cooperation and solidarity in order to seek the most effective response to combat terrorism in the face of a serious threat posed by the so-called Islamic State’s activities in recent times.

The seventh dialogue evaluating arising sea-related issues from the perspective of international law was held virtually on Thursday, drawing more than 250 domestic and foreign experts, as well as delegates from foreign representative agencies in Hà Nội and the media.

Deputy head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Ambassador Pham Hai Anh urged international cooperation and solidarity in order to seek the most effective response to combat terrorism in the face of a serious threat posed by the so-called Islamic State’s activities in recent times.

The seventh dialogue with the theme of evaluating arising sea-related issues from the perspective of international law has recently been held virtually, drawing over 250 domestic and foreign experts, as well as delegates from foreign representative agencies in Hanoi and the media.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a national conference on planning on Thursday to accelerate and improve quality of regional and sectoral planning work.

12月15日，胡志明市人民委员会和林同省人民委员会在大叻市联合举行题为“绿色增长，连接供需市场——促进创新创业发展的解决方案”的胡志明市与西原地区各省跨区域对接研讨会。

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu on August 19 held an online meeting with nine resident and non-resident ambassadors and chargé d'affaires of Middle East countries to Vietnam.

Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang talked about several issues of public concern during the ministry's regular pressconference held virtually on August 19, one of which is the upcoming visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris to Vietnam this month.