[VOVWORLD] - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra on Monday checked the implementation of the 500-day campaign, focusing on DNA testing and the identification of fallen soldiers’ remains at the Centre for DNA Identification under the Institute of Biology of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

[VOVWORLD] - The just-concluded trip by Prime Minister Le Minh Hung to attend the 18th BRICS Summit and conduct bilateral engagements in India was a success, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung said, adding that within a very short timeframe, the Prime Minister and his delegation executed a packed, effective, and substantive agenda.

[VOVWORLD] - Professor and Doctor To Lam, who is General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam, on Monday delivered a lecture titled "Strategic Leadership in the New Era: Centennial Vision–Breakthrough Thinking– Fostering Development–Implementation Governance."

[VOVWORLD] - Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, ​while fresh attacks around the region's two most important oil transit routes deepened concern over global energy supplies.

[VOVWORLD] - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung held talks on Sunday with leaders of several countries and international organizations on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, focusing on ways to strengthen cooperation in multiple areas.

[VOVWORLD] - Russia does not rule out the possibility of holding trilateral talks on Ukraine in October, Russian media reported on Sunday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

[VOVWORLD] - The Coast Guard and the People’s Court of Ca Mau Province on Sunday organized two mock trials to raise public awareness of efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

[VOVWORLD] - While joining the high-level Vietnamese delegation to the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang, Deputy Minister of National Defense, met with Indian Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Sunday (local time).

[VOVWORLD] - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung arrived at Noi Bai International Airport on Sunday night, successfully concluding his working visit to India for the 18th BRICS Summit and bilateral engagements.

[VOVWORLD] - Volleyball player Le Thanh Thuy and footballer Dinh Quang Kiet have been selected to carry the national flag and lead the Vietnamese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the 20th Asian Games (ASIAD 20) in Japan next Saturday.