About 700 Vietnamese and foreign experts have gathered at a two-day national paediatrics seminar that commenced in Hanoi on November 4. 

Maps, documents and publications on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos are on display in the Red river delta province of Ha Nam.

Vice President of the Vietnam - US Society Bui The Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 4 for a delegation from the US Friendship Force International (FFI) who are on a fact-finding trip to Vietnam. 

President Tran Dai Quang congratulated 137 outstanding ethnic minority students on their achievements at national academic contests and the 2016 university entrance exams at a meeting held in Hanoi on November 4.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has congratulated Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers on the 35th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS). 

The Russia-Indonesia Business Council (RIBC) is seeking to draw Indonesian tourists to Russia and vice versa in 2016 and the following years to propel the bilateral economic relations forward. 

VOV.VN - The Japanese government has presented the Order of the Rising Sun to To Huy Rua, Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Group, to honor his contributions to strengthening mutual understanding and friendship between Japanese and Vietnamese parliamentarians.

The death toll from a speedboat accident in Indonesia on November 2 has climbed to 54 as dozens of bodies were found floating in the ocean, an official has said. 

VOV.VN - Visa and the Vietnam Students’ Association on November 2 announced the eight winners of the 2016 Practical Money Skills Competition at an awards ceremony held at the Hanoi Architectural University.

VOV.VN - The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting announced on November 4 that a tropical depression is located at 9.3 degrees north latitude and 110.5 degrees east longitude in the western waters of Truong Sa archipelago.

The pursuance of private goals in the use of Mekong River water resources could make countries miss chances to optimise their mutual benefits to ensure energy, water, food, and ecological security for common prosperity, heard a workshop in Hanoi on November 4.

An international conference on emigration was jointly held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Science (VASS) and the Institute of Socio-Political Research under the Russian Academy of Sciences on November 3 in Hanoi. 

A rehabilitation house for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims was presented to the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) on November 4 by the Vietnam People’s Navy. 

Seven more locals went missing in the central province of Phu Yen due to floods caused by heavy rains over the past few days, raising the number of missing victims in the region to eight, according to initial reports. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam plans to begin issuing electronic visas for foreign visitors on a trial basis by January of 2017, according to an announcement by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

VOV.VN - Thousands of residents have been forced from their homes while others have been left powerless in the city of Quy Nhon and surrounding districts as intense rains lead to historic flooding.

Children with congenital heart diseases will be offered free health checks and surgery under a programme launched by the Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and the Pharmacy University and two US charity organisations, Gift of Life and MD1 World. 

The Supreme People’s Court has provided guidelines for the granting of amnesty to prisoners who had their sentences postponed or suspended on the occasion of National Day (September 2).

Vietnamese expatriates in the Czech Republic have gathered in Ceske Budejovice city to mourn Ivo Vasiljev, a local expert in Vietnamese studies who recently died. 

The total donation of Vietnamese in the Czech Republic to flood victims in the central region has exceeded VND2 billion (US$90,000) and is increasing day by day, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the country Truong Manh Son. 

VOV.VN - Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam was deeply submerged on November 2-3 as floodwaters from upstream of the Thu Bon River flowing down into Hoi An. 

Most karaoke bars in Vietnam are renovated from residential houses and lack emergency escape routes for their large number of occupants.

Ho Chi Minh City reported nine more cases of the Zika virus on November 3, raising the total infections in the city to 30 and in Vietnam to 39.

Border guards in the northern province of Quang Ninh have arrested two young Vietnamese men for trying to smuggle 5 kilograms of methamphetamine from China into Vietnam.

A 26-year-old man in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong was found weak but alive after spending a week lost in a local forest, police have announced.

VOV.VN - Lifelong learning in Vietnam supported by the EU provides a solid framework for the sustainable development of human resources, said speakers at an education forum on November 3 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Rain and thunderstorms have moved through Quy Nhon City in Binh Dinh Province with downpours leading to devastating flooding.

VOV.VN -If you are anywhere in Vietnam, step outside at 8:52 p.m. on November 14, and take a look at the Moon, it’s going to be ‘super,' says the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Two or three storms and tropical depressions may appear in the East Sea this November with one or two likely to hit the central and southern regions of Vietnam. 

New applications of stem cell and gene technologies as well as nanotechnology will be the focus of HCM City’s bio-tech programme to 2020, the deputy head of the city’s Department of Sciences and Technology has said.