Minister of Justice Hoàng Thanh Tùng said protecting children in the digital environment has become an urgent national and global imperative, requiring a whole-of-society effort and the highest level of shared responsibility.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyễn Hồng Thái ordered the provincial Department of Science and Technology to identify those that are behind schedule or facing obstacles, and advise on solutions based on the principle of “clear responsibilities, clear tasks, clear timelines and clear results”.

The HCM City People’s Committee has launched a campaign to address European Commission (EC) recommendations on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, joining national efforts to lift the EC "yellow card" warning in 2026.

Alongside Artificial Intelligence, semiconductor technology, and Big Data, quantum technology is emerging as a strategic pillar, creating new competitive advantages for nations worldwide.

Technology and high-quality human resources are the two essential catalysts for Việt Nam to achieve a digital breakthrough, attendees heard at the Việt Nam Global Innovation Forum (VGIC) 2026 opened in HCM City on July 29.

Data-sharing mechanisms between the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Bank of Vietnam have significantly improved the monitoring of financial flows, particularly in e-commerce and the digital economy.

Audience members receive horns, paper hand fans and clappers and are invited to participate in the performance.

Held in HCM City from July 28 to 30, the eighth Việt Nam-Laos-Cambodia Children's Festival brought together 120 child delegates from Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia, along with 100 children from the southern hub.

Digitising Việt Nam's folk culture, including oral literature, beliefs, customs, festivals and art passed down through generations, has become an urgent lever for national cultural development in the new era.

The People’s Committee of Mường Than Ward said that at around 1pm, the local police discovered the body of a woman floating on the surface of the Mường Mít hydropower reservoir in Mường Mít Village.

As a 500-day nationwide DNA identification campaign gathers pace, search teams are racing against time to recover the remains and return them to the families who have waited for them for generations.

Traffic police said more than 4,000 commercial drivers may have exceeded legal work-hour limits, based on tracking and camera data.