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Vietnamese diplomatic agencies abroad, on August 13 and 14, held ceremonies and opened books of condolences for people to pay their respects to former General Secretary of the Party Central Committee Le Kha Phieu, who passed away on August 7.

Memorial services for former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu were held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and his home province of Thanh Hoa on August 15 afternoon.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the strictly implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures at medical facilities.

Japan and Malaysia will begin easing travel restrictions for their people from September.

Border guards in the northern border province of Lao Cai on August 14 decided to start legal procedures against a case who organized illegal immigration into Vietnam.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on August 14 cabled a message of congratulations to President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Denis Sassou-N’guesso on the occasion of the country’s 60th Independence Day (August 15, 1960-2020).

Indonesian Government, President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, and leaders of several foreign political parties have sent condolences to the Vietnamese Party and State leaders and family of former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Le Kha Phieu over his recent passing.

Empowered by the Prime Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung on August 14 presented medical equipment worth 60,000 USD as a relief package of the Vietnamese Government and people to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to support their fight against COVID-19.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 14 sent a message of sympathy to his Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) counterpart Kim Tok Hun over serious damage caused by recent floods in the country.

There are few opportunities for businesses to develop support industries in Vietnam amid the global economic crisis caused by COVID-19, according to economists.

The south-central province of Khanh Hoa has agreed to build a road linking Dam Mon Road with the Van Phong International Trans-Shipment Port.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just issued an action programme to implement an early warning system on trade defence.

Lower lending rates in the financial-banking market may not mean good things for the securities market, specialist Dao Phuc Tuong said on August 13.

Vietnamese embassies held ceremonies on August 13 and 14 for people to pay their respects to former General Secretary of the Party Central Committee Le Kha Phieu, who passed away on August 7.

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) of China poured around 38.59 trillion IDR (2.6 billion USD) in the development of the electric vehicle battery industry of Indonesia, according to Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan.

The Thai cabinet on August 13 agreed to establish a centre to address the economic situation heavily battered by the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged firms to control the quality of pepper exported to India and develop solutions to cope with policies affecting the export of pepper from Vietnam.

German tape manufacturer Tesa plans to build a 55 million EUR (65 million USD) factory in Northern Vietnam in an effort to expand its production as from 2023, according to Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper.

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the fragility of conflict-ridden countries and even risk them to fall back into crisis, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told a UN Security Council debate on August 13.

Director of the Foreign Relations Department at the Ministry of Defence Lieut. Gen Vu Chien Thang and Director of Defence Policy Office of Singapore Col Amos Yeo co-chaired a virtual meeting on bilateral defence cooperation and the ASEAN Chairmanship Year in 2020 on August 13.