The Asian Games was declared open by Indonesia's President Joko Widodo late on Saturday during a colourful opening ceremony in Jakarta dominated by the joint march of North and South Korea.

The 19th Swing for Life charity golf tournament will officially tee off at the Việt Nam Golf and Country Club in Hồ Chí Minh City on August 30. 

This year will mark the 45th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Việt Nam and Japan, and the 15th landmark of the relationship of Japan and the central Quảng Nam Province.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has successfully implemented a number of sustainable development projects, particularly in environment and tourism, in Hội An in the central province of Quảng Nam, JICA announced yesterday on the occasion of Japanese Days in the province, which is taking place from August 16-19.

Telecom provider Viettel has announced a roaming fee reduction of up to 45 per cent for calls, texts and data applicable to all subscribers in Indonesia from August 15 to September 14.

Microsoft said it plans to undertake programmes to narrow the digital technology gap in Việt Nam.

A traditional theatre programme offering tuồng and hát bội (classical drama) will be staged free on HCM City’s Bùi Viện Walking Street on Sunday to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the 1945 August Revolution (August 19).

Lixil Việt Nam has donated VNĐ1 billion (US$44,800) to support Việt Nam Television’s Tấm Lòng Việt (Vietnamese Heart) Fund’s heart operation programme at a ceremony on Friday.

Nestlé has begun an annual programme called “Choose Healthy Breakfast, Choose Nestlé” on Facebook and food delivery service Now.vn and at 50 supermarkets and 250 markets across the country until September 2 to encourage people to form a healthy breakfast habit.

 Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a project on supervising the cyber security of IT services and systems that form the foundation of e-Government operations.