A see-off ceremony for Engineering Unit Rotation No 2 of Vietnam for the UN peacekeeping mission in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) was held by the Ministry of Defence on August 8.

Popular mobile payment service Apple Pay officially debuted in Vietnam on August 8.

As many as 1,753 natural disasters hit Vietnam during the first seven months of the year, leaving 267 dead, 78 missing, and 291 injured, a conference of the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control heard on August 7.

A Vietnam-Indonesia exchange art exhibition opened at the headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association on August 7, to strengthen friendship and to promote art exchanges between artists of the two countries.

Iranian football teams Persepolis FC and Esteghlal FC have been enquiring about the availability of Vietnamese midfielder Hoang Duc, according to renowned German football site Transfermarkt.

World renowned travel guide Lonely Planet recently released a review about a travel itinerary across Vietnam, confirming that getting around the country is easy whatever a travelers’ budget.

Ministry establishes team to inspect four fuel wholesalers

The HCM City Book Street Company achieved its highest half-year revenue during the first half of 2023, amounting to VNĐ32.2 billion (US$1.35 million), a year-on-year increase of 56 per cent.

ASEAN flag-hoisting ceremony held in Hanoi

After one day of trial, judges yesterday issued a sentence for Pham Duy Hung, the owner of a karaoke bar in Hanoi, where a fire in 2022 resulted in the death of three firefighters.

The Vietnamese women's national football team has dropped four places in the most recent world rankings released recently by global governing body FIFA.

Financiers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) poured in US$2.34 billion into the Vietnamese market in the opening seven months of the year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The country shipped abroad 1.76 million tonnes of crude oil worth a total of US$1.16 billion in the first seven months of the year, up 19.7% in volume but down 10.4% in value on-year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Japan wants to collaborate with Vietnam to establish industrial cooperation strategies in line with the development goals of both nations, as expressed by Matsumoto Izumi, First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam.

Leading Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem could not make history in Baku, Azerbaijan, when he was beaten by former World Chess champion Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) in the third round of the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Tehran on August 8 morning, beginning an official three-day visit to Iran at the invitation of Speaker of the Iranian Consultative Assembly Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.

The Vietnamese condotel market will not recover at least until 2025 due to excess inventory, according to insiders.

Japanese retail group AEON has informed purchasing firms from many countries of the upcoming “Vietnam International Sourcing 2023” to be hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue raised key proposals at the first plenary session of the 44th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-44) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 7.

Passenger EV sales in Vietnam are expected to at least double this year, according to BMI Research, a Fitch Solutions research unit.