The 10th edition of a networking event marking its decade, hosted by the Association of Vietnamese Professionals and Students in the US, wrapped up on August 21.

Many transport companies plan to increase vehicles, trips and routes to meet the demand of passengers during the National Day holiday (September 1 - 4).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Central Advisory Council on Amnesty and particularly the Ministry of Public Security to review the list of prisoners eligible for amnesty, offered on the occasion of National Day (September 2).

The Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD) and the Vietnam Administration of Forestry co-organised a forum on sustainable forest governance and timber trade monitoring in Hanoi on August 22.

Vietnamese students won one silver, five bronze medals and one consolation prize at the 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), said the Hanoi Department of Education and Training on August 22.

The delegation from Hà Nội - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted in Hà Nội, comprising nine students from the physics-specialised classes, represented Vietnamese students to attend the 15th edition of the competition.

The Minister of Science and Technology has issued a circular to nullify some documents on methods of determining automobile localization rates.

Schools from primary to senior high levels in Ho Chi Minh City began to welcome back students on August 22 after the summer holiday.

The Prime Minister has recently issued a decision on the National Plan of Action on prevention and control of money laundering, terrorism financing and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction for the 2021-25 period.

Two are being held on suspicion of holding a person in slavery or servitude, production and supply of a controlled drug and cultivating cannabis. The third suspect was arrested on suspicion of arranging the travel of another person with a view to exploitation.

Prices of plane and train tickets to tourist destinations for coming National Day (September 2) holiday have cooled down, and many are still available.

The central city has boosted tourism promotion activities in building links with South Korea and India – two hopeful markets in Asia – and Malaysia in an ambition of fully recovering its hospitality industry in 2023-24.

The Department of Public Security of An Giang province said on August 21 that the case in which 40 Vietnamese had illegally entered the country after an escape from a Cambodian casino shows signs of human trafficking and organisation of illegal migration for others.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission led by its standing vice chairman Lai Xuan Mon paid a working visit to Mexico from August 15-20 to exchange experience with local political parties in information and education as well as strengthen bilateral friendship and cooperation.

Twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday, the volunteers including bankers, lecturers, and businesspeople, prepare and deliver free lunch to a hundred people.

Demand for people to travel and visit relatives is expected to increase considerably during the holidays, which will give people a four-day weekend from September 1 to 4.

The ancient city of Hội An will host its 18th “Hội An – Japan Cultural Exchange” from August 26 to 28.

The solo exhibition themed Kiến (Ants) is a unique event in which one Vietnamese young sculptor introduces his very special works through modern installations with surrealism to reflect the natural life of ants.