The HCM City Health Department has required all hospitals, medical centres and facilities to step up action to prevent a possible COVID-19 outbreak as the city has recorded a recent surge in cases, including severe cases requiring hospitalisation.

The Ministry of Transport recently launched solutions to solve flight cancellations and congestion at airports.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on August 29 signed a decision asking the Ministry of Finance to allocate over 1,374 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to support farmers in the two south-central provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen ahead of the harvest season.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security led by Deputy Minister Major General Nguyen Van Long is attending the Regional Anti-Corruption Conference for Law Enforcement Professionals in Southeast Asia from August 29-31 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Ministry of Transport has recommended to the ministries of Planning and Investment, and Finance five projects to upgrade the national highways connecting with Laos.

Medical interventions are now non-obligatory for people who want to be recognised as transgender, and trans men are eligible for maternity leave should they be pregnant.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong aims to have 26,000 hectares of land under macadamia and achieve an output of 34,000 tonnes a year by 2030.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Honorary President of the 10th-tenure Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC), on August 29 met with 80 delegates representing nearly 500 participants in the 11th VRC National Congress for the 2022 - 2027 tenure.

He ordered the agency to effectively organise the campaign "Each organisation, each individual attaches to a humanitarian address" so that every vulnerable and poor person could receive support.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training, on August 29 held a ceremony to hand over certificates to Vietnamese teachers abroad who attended a training course on Vietnamese language teaching in 2022.

Vietnam has welcomed more than 1.44 million international arrivals in the first eight months of 2022, a 13.7-fold rise from a year earlier, thanks to the reopening to foreign tourists and the resumption of international air routes, data showed.

The Đồng Ấu Bạch Long Troupe, one of HCM City’s leading private theatres, has returned with a series of new performances of tuồng or hát bội (classical drama), a Vietnamese traditional theatre genre that originated in the 12th century. 

The Red River Delta province of Hung Yen recorded great achievements in performing the national target programme on new-style rural area building in the first six months of 2022.

Taking place on August 31 at the Âu Cơ Art Centre in Hà Nội from 9am, the concert, entitled Hát Lên Việt Nam (Let’s Sing, Việt Nam) will feature a diversified repertoire.

Vietnamese film producers are preparing to release a series of thriller movies to entertain audiences in the second half of 2022.

The projects aim to improve travelling capacity, strengthen the connection of the East-West corridor, and accelerate trade with Laos and the northeast region of Thailand.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport has proposed that the municipal People's Committee use electric vehicles for its bus rapid transit (BRT) system to emit less noise and reduce air pollution.

Over the past 77 years, under the leadership of the Party, the diplomatic sector has continuously developed in a comprehensive and strong manner, making important contributions to the national revolution, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has stated.

The province’s goal for 2030 is to sustainably develop macadamia farming while also increasing the forest cover.