Thousands of people took part in the 2024 Vu Lan Festival – a Buddhist tradition and a cultural activity aimed at honouring and showing gratitude to parents – at Tam Chuc pagoda in the northern province of Ha Nam on August 10. Source: Vietnami News Agency
Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan attended the 16th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting and related meetings held in Vientiane from August 7-9. Together with the Health Ministers of other ASEAN countries, Minister Lan attended and addressed sessions on building ASEAN health priorities after 2025. Source: Vietnami News Agency
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 10 made an on-site inspection of the construction of Terminal 3 (T3) at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Source: Vietnami News Agency
A solemn ceremony was held in the northern city of Hai Phong on August 10 to disperse the ashes of Merle Ratner, a leftist and anti-war activist of the US and also a close friend of Vietnam. Representatives of Vietnamese agencies and organisations offered their deep condolences to the bereaved family over the sudden passing … Read more
A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) led by Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh had meetings with Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and Speaker of the Legislative Council Abdul Rahman Taib in Bandar Seri Begawan on August 10. Source: Vietnami News Agency
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 10 attended a ceremony marking the completion of a bidding package of the project building a road linking Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa roads. The project on building a road linking Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa roads in Tan Binh district is a nationally important project. … Read more