- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received World Bank (WB) Managing Director ofOperations Axel van Trotsenburg in Hanoi on July 19. He thanked the WBfor its significant assistance for Vietnam in poverty reduction, socio-economicinfrastructure development and many important national programmes. Read full story
- Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue affirmedVietnam’s wish to enhance traditional ties with Mexico during virtual talkswith President of the Mexican Senate Olga Sanchez Cordero on July 18. ChairmanHue emphasised that Vietnam will forever keep in mind Mexico’s precious supportfor its struggle for national independence and reunification, adding it alwaystreasures and wishes to promote traditional relations with Latin Americancountries, including Mexico, to a new level. Read full story
- Politburo member, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted areception in Hanoi on July 19 for visiting Bounthong Chitmany, Politburomember, permanent member of the Secretariat of the Lao People's RevolutionaryParty (LPRP), and Vice President of Laos. Bounthong Chitmany is on anofficial visit to Vietnam to attend the meeting marking the 60th anniversary ofthe establishment of diplomatic ties and 45 years of the signing of theVietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. Read full story
- Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Duong Quoc Thanh has assumed the positionof ASEAN Committee in Buenos Aires (ACBA) Chair for six months during a meetingof the committee on July 18. The Vietnamese ambassador, who succeedsMalaysian Ambassador Nur Azman Abdul Rahim, pledged to work hard to promote theachievements of the committee and make practical contributions to strengtheningcooperation between ASEAN and Argentina as well as Uruguay and Paraguay wherehe covers. Read full story
- An e-identification app (VNEID) was officially launched by the Ministry ofPublic Security’s police department for administrative management of socialorder at a press conference in Hanoi on July 18. Read full story
- The Lao Culture Week in Vietnam kicked off with special performances by theLao national art troupe in Hanoi on July 18. The week, held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourismand the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, is part of activitiesmarking the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (September 5, 1962)and 45 years since the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation(July 18, 1977). Read full story

- Vietnam will send 53 athletes to compete at the 20thASEAN University Games (AUG), which will be held in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand,from July 26 to August 6. Among them are nine track-and-field athletes;eight taekwondo martial artists, nine pencak silat fighters, three muay thaiparticipants, and two teams in e-sports and futsal./. Read full story