Chairman of Vietnam’s National UNESCO Committee Le Hoai Trung expressed his hope for strengthened cooperation with UNESCO at his talks with visiting UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova on August 24.

 Vietnam’s history, country, people and culture are introduced through a 90-page book named “Vietnam: Peace, Integration and Development” published by the Romanian Craiova University Publishing House.

 As of 10am on August 25, Vietnam remained second in the SEA Games 29’s medal table, with a total 94 medals, including 37 golds, 25 silvers and 32 bronzes. 

NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty is on a five-day visit to South Africa at the invitation of Deputy Speaker of South Africa’s National Assembly Lechesa Tsenoli, aiming to strengthen ties between the two countries and legislative bodies.

 Vietnam’s female Sepak Takraw team on August 25 won a silver medal after they were defeated by the Myanmar team in the quadrant finals at the ongoing 29th SEA Games in Malaysia.

Lack of funding for investment and development is a major challenge for remote areas in the Asia-Pacific, posing a threat to quality of life and sustainable economic growth in the region, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will need massive investment from the private sector if it is to meet its goals for transportation, flood control and other areas over the next three years, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Special policies are needed to help HCM City develop faster and better, thus contributing more to the country’s development, 

 French singer Charles Aznavour finally got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, capping a more than 70-year career as one of his country’s most popular entertainers.

 Da Nang plans to install security camera systems at 153 sites for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit this year.

180 international and Vietnamese bio-safety experts, professionals and practitioners are discussing bio-risk, bio-preparedness, and bio-terrorism at the 12th Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association Conference that opened in HCM City on Thursday.

 American singer Ariana Grande suddenly cancelled her live show in Vietnam on August 23 evening, just about five hours before the start of the concert, saying health problems were behind her decision.

 Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim left Hanoi on August 24 afternoon, concluding his three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The Vietnamese Government supports the Vietnamese and Australian defence ministries to strengthen practical and sustainable ties to match bilateral strategic partnership.

Vietnam and Australia have agreed to set up long-term cooperation in combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing under an MoU signed in Can Tho on August 24 within the framework of the APEC Food Security Week.  

Vietnam’s UNESCO on August 24 signed an agreement to establish two category 2 centres for mathematics and physics.

FAO will continue accompanying Vietnam and supporting the country to implement underway programmes and projects, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific Kundhavi Kadiresan has said.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception on August 24 for US Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas Price who has been in Vietnam to attend the APEC High-level Meeting on Health and the Economy. 

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich and his Australian counterpart Marise Payne agreed to consider the organisation of the first deputy ministerial defence policy dialogue and Australia’s support for Vietnam’s deployment of UN peace keeping forces.

 Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on August 24 won a gold medal in the women’s 200m individual medley at the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 29) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.