Việt Nam takes measures in accordance with international law to exercise and protect its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

Politburo member and Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ will attend the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (WCSP5) in Austria, and pay working visits to the European Parliament and Belgium, and an official visit to Finland from September 5-11.

The 27th Congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) was held in Abidjan city of Ivory Coast from August 9-27 in both in-person and online formats, during which Việt Nam was elected as a member of the UPU Postal Operations Council (POC).

No Vietnamese citizen has been affected in the terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul capital city of Afghanistan on August 26, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on August 31.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday morning chaired the virtual celebration of the 76th National Day Celebration of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2021).

Việt Nam called on parties involved to exercise maximum restraint; protect civilians, especially women and children; and focus on dialogues and negotiations, during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday regarding the situation in the Middle East, including Palestine.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a decision to grant amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners.

A task force, led by Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái, has been established to help businesses and people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính yesterday chaired a meeting to receive comments on the report on innovating land laws, regulations and policies, making foundations for Việt Nam to basically become an industrialised developing country by 2020.