On Sept. 15, 1945, the Viet Nam Thong Tan Xa (now Thong Tan Xa Viet Nam or Vietnam News Agency) officially aired the Declaration of Independence and the list of members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Vietnamese, French, and English. Sept. 15 then became the traditional day of the Vietnam News Agency.

The traditional friendship and solidarity between Vietnam and Cambodia have been further strengthened since the two countries established their diplomatic ties in June 1967.

Six commodities registered an export value of over 10 bln USD in the first eight months of 2022, accounting for 63.4 percent of the country's total exports.

Vu Phuong Thanh has become the first Vietnamese to win Swiss Ultra Deca Continuous Triathlon World Championship - the toughest triathlon competition in the world.

Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has been listed among the 12 best places worldwide to travel in this fall by the US's CNN Travel.

The Travel magazine of Canada has named 10 most beautiful places of the world in 2022, with Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province occupying the fifth place.

Ten Vietnamese working in the country have been listed among the world's best scientists by research.com, a reputable scientist ranking website.

Seven maritime economic clusters will be formed by 2030, serving to turn Vietnam into a strong marine country.

The central city of Da Nang topped the Digital Transformation Index (DTI) rankings for 2021, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Vietnam has launched large scale COVID-19 vaccination drives. As of August 4, more than 247 million doses had been administered, making Vietnam into the list of countries with high vaccination coverage in the world.

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports were estimated to hit 32.3 billion USD in the first seven months of 2022, up 12.2% against the same period last year. Four commodities with export values exceeding 2 billion USD included coffee, rice, shrimp and wooden products.

In the first seven months of this year, five commodities posting export turnover of more than 10 billion USD, making up 58.5% of Vietnam’s export turnover.

Vietnam is the 7th best place globally for expats to live, according to a report by InterNations. The social club is a community of international expatriates working abroad with more than 4.5 million members in 420 global cities.