Vietnam News Today (August 24): Vietnam promotes parliamentary diplomacy through AIPA meetings; Single-day infections climb to 10,280, nearly 7,000 recover from COVID-19; Soldiers supply food to Ho Chi City needy citizens; Vietnamese coffee industry to go global.
NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 23 sent an official dispatch on strengthening COVID-19 prevention and control measures nationwide to Secretaries of municipal and provincial Party Committees, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces, ministers and
NDO/VNA – Vietnam recorded 10,280 new COVID-19 infections, including 10,266 domestic and 14 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 6pm on August 23, the Ministry of Health announced.
NDO/VNA - A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 23 to welcome and honour 91 religious volunteers who have completed their tasks of supporting COVID-19 prevention and control at COVID-19 treatment hospitals in the city.
NDO/VNA – Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue on August 23 delivered a speech at first plenary session of the 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42) via videoconference.
NDO/VNA – ASEAN must show its unity, cohesion and resilience of a Community to conquer all challenges and move forwards, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in his welcoming message sent to the 42nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-42) which was opened on August 23
NDO/VNA – A delegation of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence on August 23 offered incense to late General Vo Nguyen Giap on the occasion of his 110th birthday (August 25).
NDO/VNA - The Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) on August 22 held a webinar marking the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day of Vietnam (September 2).
The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has been making active moves to boost “vaccine diplomacy” to assist the battle against COVID-19 in the homeland, Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi said.
A delegation of the Ia O border guard station in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai met their Cambodian counterparts on August 22 to discuss joint work to protect border areas and fight COVID-19 pandemic
Vietnam has so far documented 348,059 Covid-19 cases, ranking 68th out of 222 countries and territories.
Vietnam News Today (August 23): Vietnam records 11,214 new Covid-19 cases on August 22; Ministry of Health allows distribution of 30,000 Remdesivir vials; Home vaccinations for HCM City residents in high-risk areas; PM requests HCM City to test all residents as infection cases surge.