After a sweet yet challenging journey of love, the visually impaired man has married the woman he loves.

Although she earned enough points to enter the Doctor of Medicine program at Hanoi Medical University, Nguyen Vu Thao Tram chose instead to study biology, inspired by her late mother.

The 2026 International Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament opened at NovaWorld Phan Thiet in Tien Thanh ward, Lam Dong province, on August 14, bringing together 16 teams from seven countries.

Large-scale airport projects underway across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to boost air traffic, with Vietnam and India emerging as markets with significant potential.

The heritage passport has been launched in Ho Chi Minh City, offering a new approach to exploring museums, artefacts, and stories of history and culture.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau has asked ministries, sectors and localities to complete inter-level boarding schools in border communes before the new school year begins, stressing that the deadline is a political task that must not be delayed.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam’s state visits to Australia and New Zealand from August 9-14 have created fresh momentum for stronger ties and opened new avenues for cooperation, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung said.

The Dung Quat Economic Zone and Quang Ngai industrial parks have so far attracted 441 projects worth around 19.4 billion USD, according to the Dung Quat Economic Zone and Quang Ngai Industrial Parks Authority (DEZA).

The Vietnamese Government has issued Resolution 235/NQ-CP approving the Implementation Agreement on carbon credits collaboration under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on climate change between the Vietnamese and Singaporean governments.

Foreign nationals legally entering or residing in Vietnam may obtain electronic identification accounts at any level upon request under a newly issued Government decree.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has called for faster implementation of plans to deal with collateral assets linked to Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB), as part of broader efforts to address weak banks and strengthen the safety of Vietnam’s financial system.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has approved its 2026-30 capital restructuring plan, which includes the full divestment of its stakes in 66 companies.

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission met in Hanoi on August 14, proposing disciplinary action over violations involving Party organisations at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and in Dong Nai city.

The Road Accident Damage Reduction Fund (RADRF) will begin providing financial support from September 1 to accident victims and families of deceased victims facing financial hardship, as well as people and organisations involved in rescue efforts.

Hanoi’s art institutions will stage a series of performances for residents in communes and wards across the capital to mark the 81st anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945–2026) and National Day (September 2, 1945–2026).

A new decree will expand the national e-ID app to include 206 categories of personal and organisational documents while enabling direct welfare payments.

The ancient Co Loa Relic Site, regarded by many international experts as the largest-in-scale and oldest capital city in Asia, will be nominated to join the UNESCO World Heritage list.

A Hanoi delegation led by Party Secretary Tran Duc Thang held talks in Moscow and St. Petersburg on railway development and broader cooperation with Russian localities.

Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has successfully performed 4,278 robotic surgeries over the past decade, setting a Vietnam record as the country’s first and leading hospital in robotic surgery by number of cases.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Gau held talks with the US Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on August 14.

Vietnamese and New Zealand research institutions have agreed to deepen regular cooperation, including a proposal to establish a Vietnam Centre at the New Zealand Asia Institute (NZAI) at the University of Auckland.

Facing a virtually hopeless prognosis due to terminal lung cancer, Pham Van An has achieved a miraculous recovery. After nearly five years of treatment, he now can swim, play sports, and live like a fully healthy man.

Vietnam’s first pilot Smart Police Station has been installed by Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake, offering 24/7 multilingual services ranging from incident reporting to emergency SOS calls.

A Russian woman was killed after a passenger bus slammed into a truck that had stopped in the emergency lane of the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway.

Agricultural exporters must adapt to diverging sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements as the European Union (EU) tightens food safety controls, with compliance increasingly critical to maintaining access to key markets.