With the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent increase in the price of gasoline, many people have re-opted for traditional taxis because it is increasingly difficult to book ride-share cars, and the fares have risen sharply.

September 8 will become an annual day for honouring the Vietnamese language under a decision signed by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the approval of a project to honour it among the Vietnamese community abroad in the 2023-2030 period.

Mexican contemporary artist Roberto Arcaute has chosen Việt Nam as the final destination in his journey to finish his latest installation project.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 3 urged stronger determination, efforts and actions to disburse public investment as part of the Government’s main priorities.

The exhibition, entitled Hội Ngộ Sắc Màu (Colours Gathering), is a place for watercolour artists active in the art scenes of Việt Nam, Poland and France to showcase their works.

French author and adventurer Gontran de Poncins’ Chợ Lớn 1955 (titled in English 'From a Chinese City'), a book on the Old Quarter— known as Chợ Lớn (Big Market) in Saigon (HCM City now), was released on August 1. 

Airlines of Vietnam will adjust their flight paths in the next few days to avoid the areas near Taiwan where China plans to hold military exercises, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised a workshop in Hanoi on August 3 on the innovation index framework in the public sector in Vietnam.

The domestic search volume for tourism in July surged by nearly 8 folds year-on-year, and by 3 times compared to the beginning of March 2022 when the country started to re-open tourism.

UN Women Vietnam and the Embassy of Japan on August 2 announced a one-year project to reduce the risks and negative impacts of COVID-19 on women and girls.

More than 327,000 jobs were provided for labourers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s two largest cities – in the first seven months of 2022.

Level-2 Field Hospital No. 4 of Vietnam, which perform duties at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Bentiu, has inaugurated an obstetrics clinic, according to the Vietnam Department for Peacekeeping Operations.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended a dialogue between ASEAN FMs and representatives of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in Cambodia on August 2.

Hà Khắc Sâm said on average each year he sells about eight or nine tonnes of fish, with a selling price of VNĐ400,000/kg for salmon and VNĐ250,000/kg for sturgeon.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre is encouraging farmers to breed ong kí sinh (Brachymeria sp), a parasitic wasp, to control coconut black-headed caterpillars in coconut groves.

Filmmaker Nguyễn Phan Linh Đan's first independent project Tấm Ván Phóng Dao (If Wood Could Cry, It Woud Cry Blood) is one of ten film projects selected by La Fabrique Cinéma to gain access international producers and filmmakers at Cannes.

Four popular boybands from the 1990s and 2000s, Blue, The Moffatts, A1, and 911, will play at the HAY Glamping Music Festival in Hà Nội on August 6.

In the face of dangerous infectious diseases like COVID-19 and dengue fever, the Government leader said proactive prevention and control of monkeypox must be carried out with the spirit of “one step ahead, one level higher” to avoid concurrent outbreaks and to protect people’s lives and public health.

From August 15, eligible families will be given VNĐ40 million (US$1,700) to build a new house or VNĐ20 million for home repairs.

HCM City has instructed its districts to set up more COVID-19 vaccination sites for children in August.