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Vietnam and Singapore are top important partners of each other in many fields from trade and investment to diplomacy, security and defence, said Dr Le Hong Hiep, a Senior Fellow at the Vietnam Studies Programme and the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Nguyen Tat Thanh presented President Vo Van Thuong's credentials to Governor-General Bob Dadae in the city capital of Port Moresby on August 24.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on August 25 visited and planted a tree at the Huu Nghi (Friendship) International Border Gate as part of his working trip to the northern mountainous province of Lang Son.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the need to research, develop and reach self-reliance in technology, products and services for cybersecurity and safety in Vietnam while chairing the second meeting of the National Steering Committee on Cyber Security and Safety in Hanoi on August 25.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong ordered Lang Son to make stronger improvements in socio-economic development, while visiting the northern border mountainous province on August 25.

A public bicycle sharing service has been launched in Hanoi in order to keep the capital city clean and green.

The National Congress of Advanced Youngsters following Uncle's Teachings 2023 is expected to be held on September 24-26 in Hanoi with the participation of 500 advanced youngsters nationwide, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee has reported.

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.