The first national conference on organ transplants is being held in Ho Chi Minh City between October 27 and 29. 

The British Council and CAMA Vietnam will bring the best of the UK’s contemporary music to Hanoi on November 9 and Ho Chi Minh City on November 10 with Anushka and Bwani Junction, according to the Communist Party of Vietnam's online newspaper.

Toyota Classics 2013 – the 16th of the annual concert in Vietnam - is scheduled to take place at the Hanoi Opera House on November 5 with the spotlight on Eastern European rhythms.

Nearly 1,000 students from Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture have arrived in Vietnam to take part in a tourism study programme. 

A Pedestrian Safety Tour will be carried out in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City to educate students during the current academic year about safe walking. 

The world’s leading mobile phone manufacturer inaugurated a US$300 million factory in northern Bac Ninh province on October 28 after one and a half years of construction, aiming to boost Vietnam’s capacity in phone production. 

A delegation from the Communist Party of China led by Luo Huining, member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Secretary of the Qinghai provincial Party Committee, is on a working visit to Vietnam from October 26-29.

Vietnam won a bronze medal at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Championships in Thailand on October 27.

A festival themed “Diabetes Prevention Day” will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 3-5, then come to Hanoi on November 14-16.

The pepper industry is hoping to attain an annual export value of US$1 billion within the next few years, buoyed by increasing global demand for the staple.