Vietnam’s female football team lost 3-4 to Taiwan in the penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw in the 120 minutes of the quarterfinal of the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia on August 24. 

 Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang won a silver medal at the men’s 1,500m freestyle event on August 24 at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia.

 Vietnamese marksman Ngo Huu Vuong has won bronze after beating his Chinese rival 6-1 at the men’s 10m running target event at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia. 

 The Asia America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable broke down on August 23, the fourth incident so far this year, affecting Vietnam’s international internet connections. 

 Asian media run articles spotlighting the Vietnam Olympic team’s August 23 historic victory against the Bahrain team to earn a berth in the quarter-finals of the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 held in Indonesia.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has launched the photo contest entitled "Vietnamese-Japanese young people join hands to build Vietnam – Japan friendship”.

Investors are in a market where the risks are higher than in 2017. However, this doesn’t mean there are no investment opportunities.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his Spouse made a State-level visit to Ethiopia from August 23-25 at the invitation of President Mulatu Teshome. On the occasion, the two sides issued a joint statement.

 Medical officers of Vietnam and China are joining a medical examination for people in border areas of the two countries, as part of the fifth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange programme.

 Statistics showed that the Mekong Delta has 7.85 doctors and 1.39 pharmacists per 10,000 residents, reflecting a serious shortage in the region.

 Ho Chi Minh City will issue a set of communication materials on gender equality and prevention of sexual harassment in public places, aiming to help build a safer city.

 Foreign investors have shown considerable interest in developing wind power in Vietnam.

 The second national congress of ethnic minority groups will be held in three days sometime around the end of the first quarter or beginning of the second quarter of 2020.

 A contest entitled “Innovate like a Swede - for making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable in Vietnam” was launched in Hanoi on August 23.

 Vietnam on August 23 demanded that Taiwan (China) immediately cease all live-fire drills on Ba Binh (Itu Aba) Island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and refrain from such actions in the future.

 Although Vietnam has made concrete efforts to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the country’s seafood exports will likely face a bumpy ride ahead, said an official on August 23.

 Vietnamese female rowers bagged one more silver medal for Vietnam at the ongoing Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD 2018) in Indonesia on August 24.

 The Vietnamese delegation won its first gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia on August 23, ranking 14th in the medal tally.

The US initiated Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP), to take effect from December 31, has created significant challenges for shrimp exporters.

 Viet Nam will produce more than 23 million tonnes of animal and poultry feed this year, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).