Vietnam Today

A seminar on President Ho Chi Minh and Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro’s contributions to Vietnam – Cuba fraternal ties recently took place in Havana within the framework of the ongoing visit by Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularization and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia from August 22-24.

The first national architecture expo 2023 will be organised on Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang from September 8 - 10.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 24 chaired a Government law-building session during which participants discussed the draft Capital Law (revised); the draft Law on Road Traffic Order Safety; the draft Road Traffic Law; and the draft Law on Defence Industry, Industry Security and Encouragement.

The Saigon Trading Group (SATRA) has promoted learning and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style in production and business activities. This helps businesses develop sustainably, contributing to stabilizing the market of essential goods serving the city's people.

On August 23, Ho Chi Minh City Union of Science and Technology Associations inaugurated the special room "Uncle Ho with Southern intellectuals" in Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space at the headquarters of the union.

On August 23, in front of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the delegation attending the Congress of the Trade Union of the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Guard High Command for the term 2023-2028 respectfully held a ceremony to pay respects to Uncle Ho.

On August 22, Hanoi City Department of Education and Training held a ceremony to honour Hanoi students who won high prizes at the recent 16th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA-16).

On August 21, during a visit to Vietnam, the delegation of typical teachers and students of the Laos - Vietnam Nguyen Du bilingual school led by Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, the school principal, visited and offered flowers and incense at Kim Lien Special Monument, Hoang Tru village and Chung Son Temple in Nam Dan district, Nghe An province.

A delegation participating in a training course on military history work for staff of the Lao People's Armed Forces on August 18 offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh at the K9 relic site in Da Chong, Ba Vi district, Hanoi.

On August 19, the Truong Thanh Ward Party Committee, authority and people in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc City held the inauguration ceremony of the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space in the residential area.

Vietnamese representatives shared the country's policies on promoting traditional medicine at the first Traditional Medicine Global Summit which took place in India from August 17-18.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on August 19 visited and extended greetings to leaders of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on the occasion of the Vu Lan Festival.

President Vo Van Thuong visited Vinh Te advanced new-style rural commune in Chau Doc city in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on August 19.

State President Vo Van Thuong and incumbent and former Party and State leaders paid tribute to President Ton Duc Thang in the southern province of An Giang, the home province of the late President, on August 19, on the occasion of the late leader’s 135th birth anniversary (August 20, 1888 - 2023).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 19 visited Tu Mo Rong Boarding School for Ethnic Minority Students in Kon Tum and inspected the Central Highlands province’s preparations for the 2023-2024 academic year which will begin in early September.

The Party, State, and Government will always accompany and join hands with the education sector to deal with difficulties and challenges faced by the sector and over 1 million teachers who are tirelessly contributing to the education cause, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Vietnam’s commitment to net zero emissions (Net Zero) by 2050 at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is a milestone for the development of a green economy in the country.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Police Agency has recently delivered its investigation conclusions and proposed the Supreme People's Procuracy prosecute 38 individuals involving in the COVID-19 test kit overcharging at Viet A company.

The Pacific Partnership 2023 (PP23) wrapped up in Tuy Hoa city, the south central province of Phu Yen on August 18.

A congress establishing the Association of Former People’s Public Security Officers of Vietnam was held in the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on August 17.

A ceremony was held by the Singaporean Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on August 16 to celebrate Singapore’s 58th National Day (August 9, 1965 - August 9, 2023).

The Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control held the 24th session under the chair of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on August 16.

State President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting in Hanoi on August 16 with outstanding dignitaries and officials of religions, ethnic minorities, intellectuals and individuals of Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam International Innovation Expo 2023 (VIIE 2023) will take place in Hanoi from October 28 to November 1, 2023, with the participation of hundreds of leading domestic and international technology businesses.

A meeting was held by the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Union of Friendship Organizations and the Vietnam – Indonesia Friendship Association in the city to celebrate the 78th anniversary of Indonesian Independence Day (August 17, 1945-2023).

A cooperation agreement on forming a pork trading floor in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) was signed by HCMC Departments of Industry and Trade, and Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam (MXV) on August 14.

The Hanoi People's Committee has just issued Plan No. 211/KH-UBND on giving gifts to policy beneficiaries who are revolution contributors and revolutionary establishments on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2023).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh praised the Vietnamese national women's football team for their first-ever participation in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, during a reception for the team in Hanoi on August 15.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 15 inspected the regular maintenance of President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and had a working session with its Management Board on its performance in the first half of 2023.

Over the years, the Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin in Hanoi has mobilized nearly VND230 billion to help and support people affected by Agent Orange and their families.