Party General Secretary and State President To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 18 for visiting President and Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of China Zhang Jun.

The Vietnam Football Association in Korea (VFAK) has signed a 10-year cooperation agreement with the Daejeon-based IC Food company to foster football development among Vietnamese expatriates.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO Ha Kim Ngoc led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 220th session of the UNESCO Executive Board on October 14-16 in Paris, which saw the participation of representatives from 58 member countries and over 100 observer countries.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the United Nations (UN) in Vietnam, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN in Vietnam on October 18 jointly organised the commemoration of Word Food Day 2024 (October 16).

In its recent article, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce's newspaper on international trade has praised Vietnam’s foreign direct investment attraction and economic development over the past time, and highlighted the cooperation potential between the two nations in its recent article.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam hosted receptions for the ambassadors of Thailand, Comoros, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Suriname to Vietnam, who came to present their credentials to the top leader in Hanoi on October 18.

The DGB Financial Group from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will work with the Vietnamese Students' Association in Korea (VSAK) to offer programmes aimed at protecting Vietnamese students from financial fraud.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has demanded that by November 20, all coastal localities must have thoroughly dealt with fishing vessels without registration, examination or licence as a critical step to battle illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), and Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, met with Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi on October 17, suggesting the organisation share knowledge about sustainable development.

Delegates to the ongoing 10th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) highlighted the significance of communications work to unite people from all walks of life, thus strengthening the great national solidarity.