VOV.VN - The second Vietnam-Laos border defence friendship exchange held in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Son La and Laos' Houaphanh province wrapped up on October 23 with remarkable success.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 23 received Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak who was joined by Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnhikov and Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's candidacy to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for the 2026 to 2035 tenure aims to make greater contribution to the efforts in promoting the rule of law globally, according to Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN.

VOV.VN - The Orientalia Rossica newspaper run an article on October 22 by Dr. Alexander Korolev of the Higher School of Economics (HSE), titled “Vietnam implements multilateral diplomacy policy when attending the expanded BRICS Summit for the first time”.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his high-ranking delegation arrived in Kazan in Russia on the morning of October 23 (local time), marking the start of a two-day trip to attend the expanded BRICS Summit, at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, chair of BRICS 2024.

State President Luong Cuong, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and other Party and State leaders as well as NA deputies on October 23 visited an exhibition featuring the “Nhat bao Quoc hoi (National Assembly Daily) with the first general election (in 1946).

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh had a host of meetings with senior officials as well as representatives of several major enterprises of the Republic of Korea during his working visit to the Northeast Asian nation from October 19-22.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, announced on October 22 that Vietnam has decided to run for membership in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) for the 2026 to 2028 term and called on countries to support this candidacy.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Do Minh Hung underscored the priority given to ramping up inter-parliamentary co-operation between the nation and the UK in the time ahead during a working session with Speaker of the UK House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle in London on October 22.

Continuing the agenda of the 8th session, the 15th National Assembly on October 22 heard a report and provided feedback on the draft revised Law on Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking.