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A requiem was organized at the Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)'s District 10 on August 18 to commemorate people who died of COVID-19 during the fourth pandemic wave.

On August 18, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Architects’ Association coordinatd with the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to launch the 2022-2023 National Architecture Awards.

On August 18 (July 21 of the lunar calendar), a solemn ceremony was held at the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House in Kim Lien Special National Relic, Nam Dan District, by Nghe An Province, to mark Uncle Ho’s 53rd death anniversary.

Pedestrian streets in Hanoi will be develped and expanded according to the Steering Committee of the Program on adjusting urban site, urban development and urban economy in the period of 2021-2025.

Three months after their deployment to the African town of Abyei on the UN peacekeeping mission, Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 has achieved significant results in improving infrastructure and living conditions for local people.

According to the reporter of VNA in Seoul, a Vietnamese cultural village will be built in the county of Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk province, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Hanoi plans to raise the cultural industry’s contribution to GRDP to 5% by 2025 and 8% by 2030. It also aims to earn increasing revenue from cultural business, which are expected to contribute around 10% of the city’s Gross Regional Domestic Products (GRDP) by 2045.

The Department of Popularization and Education of the Binh Thanh District Party Committee on August 15 coordinated with the Party Committee of Ward 13 and high schools in the districts to organize a conference on the implementation of Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW dated May 18, 2021 on continuing to implement Directive No. 05-CT/TW by the Politburo and building a Ho Chi Minh cultural space held at Van Lang University for more than 1,000 delegates.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Phu Tho province on August 16 coordinated with the People's Committee of Phu Tho town to open the mobile festival on communications and poster exhibition to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Uncle Ho's visit to Phu Tho province (August 19, 1962 - August 19, 2022) and 77 years of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed the importance of developing high-quality human resources for agriculture, while attending an innovation event and job fair of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) in Hanoi on August 17.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for work to be accelerated to perfect the Party and political systems, socio-economic management, and the fight against corruption and negative behaviors.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 16 asked the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) to make greater efforts to contribute further to promoting socio-economic development and building an independent, self-reliant economy with active and effective international integration.

The Tan Thuan CMC Data Centre, considered the most modern and safest data centre and cloud computing infrastructure facility in Vietnam, officially opened on August 15.

Before passing away, Uncle Ho left a sacred testament, which is an invaluable spiritual asset, advice and earnest affection, and a deep belief that will be passed on to future generations.

All four Vietnamese students have won medals at International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2022) hosted by Indonesia. With a gold and three silvers, Vietnam ranked ninth in the medal table, after China, Japan, the US, the Republic of Korea, Iran, Ukraine, Croatia and Taiwan (China).

Through the Strategic Framework for Sustainable Development Cooperation (CF) between the Government of Vietnam and all UN resident and non-resident agencies in Vietnam, the UN hopes to show that it is ready and poised to serve the ever changing needs of the Vietnamese Government, UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis told Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam logged an additional 1,815 COVID-19 cases on August 13, according to the Ministry of Health.

On August 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ASEAN Women's Circle of Hanoi (AWCH) jointly held the ASEAN Family Day 2022, on the occasion of ASEAN’s 55th founding anniversary and the 27th anniversary of Vietnam’s accession to the regional organisation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 13 asked relevant ministries and sectors to uphold their responsibilities in solving difficulties and problems arising at the Ha Bac Fertiliser Plant under the Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem), whose expansion was completed seven years ago.

The Ministry of Health has proposed continuing to keep COVID-19 in Group A of infectious disease, not an endemic disease in its latest draft on COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the new situation.

A meeting on COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control and other diseases in Hanoi was presided by Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Chu Xuan Dung, Standing Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, the Executive Board of the provincial Khmer-Vietnam Association and philanthropists presented gifts to families of Vietnamese origin and Cambodians living in need on the occasion of the Buddhist Vu Lan festival 2022.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 12 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners, including two foreigners.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked police officers assigned to United Nations peacekeeping missions to bring into full play their talents, strengths and creativity to fulfill their assigned tasks.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a conference that sought experts’ opinions on the draft Law on Medical Examination and Treatment (amended) in Hanoi on August 12.

(CPV) - The Gaia Nature Conservation has planted over 8,540 indigenous large trees on an area of ​​17 hectares of degraded forest in the Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve to protect one of the last wild elephant populations in Vietnam on the occasion of World Elephant Day (August 12).

A conference was held in Buon Ma Thuot city on August 11 by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and the Department of Tourism of Hanoi to promote and connect the tourism products of the two localities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the business community and associations to take specific solutions and join hands with ministries, sectors and localities to remove difficulties, towards promoting economic recovery and sustainable development.

During their working trip to Nghe An Province, Uncle Ho’s hometown, on August 11, a delegation led by Senior Lieutenant General Do Can, Deputy Head of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, commemorated President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien Special National Relic.

185 children and 34 officials from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have participated in the festival of the three countries which is taking in Ho Chi Minh City from August 10 to 14.