Flooding is not necessarily a bad thing. For farmers in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam, having their rice fields flooded after a long drought is more than good news.

Prosecutors in the central province of Khanh Hoa have charged two men from the Netherlands and the UK for using credit cards with stolen account details to withdraw cash in the resort beach town of Nha Trang.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Lukas Kaucky said on November 1 his visit to Hanoi aims to boost wide-ranging cooperation between Prague and Hanoi. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved policies to support development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2017-2020, which aim to reduce the poverty ratio in the areas by 3-4 percent annually.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam has proposed a construction duration of 36-38 months for a Japan-funded water drainage and wastewater treatment project in Bien Hoa city, southern Dong Nai province.

The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control’s permanent board and the Sub-Department of Disaster Prevention and Control for the central region will establish two working groups to aid flood recovery in the central localities.

Hanoi authorities have said that sudden rain followed by hot weather was to blame for the 200 kilograms of fish that washed up dead in one of the capital's lakes last week.

The increase of personal vehicles and poor transport infrastructure are the major reasons for traffic congestion in Hanoi and other big cities in Vietnam.

A women’s association in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has started a vocational and financial project to support an increasing number of women returning home from broken marriages in  the Republic of Korea (RoK).

VOV.VN - The third Conference of Overseas Vietnamese is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11-13, said organizers.

As the current closing time for clubs and entertainment areas in Ho Chi Minh City is proving ineffective, local experts have suggested the establishment of late-night zones they say would benefit the city’s economy.

Bus service operators in Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to retain passengers although the service has continued receiving a subsidy to keep fares affordable.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Lam Dong province has proposed auctioning a precious stone weighing 20 tons, which was recently discovered in Tan Loc commune in Bao Lam district.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air launched on November 1 a new return flight connecting the former imperial city of Hue and the capital city of Hanoi. 

Floods, sparked by torrential rains, have occurred in central provinces over the last few days, beginning to wreak havoc on the localities which already suffered from devastating floods just some weeks ago. 

The Vietnam Fatherland Front at all levels received more than VND45.9 billion from people and organisations nationwide to support flood victims in the Central region as of November 1.

A kindergarten was handed over to the Lao northern province of Phongsaly on November 1 as a gift from the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos and the Lao PetroVietnam Oil (PV Oil Laos) company. 

Search teams from Military Zone 7 and Military Command of southwestern Tay Ninh province set off for Cambodia on November 1 to continue looking for remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their lives during the war. 

Ho Chi Minh City’s Customs Office said its officers and anti-trafficking police uncovered over 700 kg of African elephant tusks hidden in wood blocks transported via Cat Lat port on November 1.

VOV.VN -  State President Truong Tan Sang asked the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) to launch more humanitarian and charity initiatives at a working session in Hanoi on November 1 with the organization.

The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang plans to have an additional 866 hectares of forest granted with sustainable forest management certificates in accordance with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards by the end of 2016. 

Vietnam faces a serious shortage of high-quality workers in information technology (IT), which poses challenges to the country as digitalisation, the fourth scientific revolution, is taking place worldwide. 

The northern province of Quang Ninh will complete housing support for 154 disadvantaged households and 199 other beneficiary families by the end of year, according Vu Van Dien, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee. 

The Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic convened the fifth Congress in Prague on October 31, with the participation of nearly 400 delegates representing 65,000 Vietnamese nationals living in the country. 

VOV.VN - Prolonged heavy rain has inundated many homes and residential areas in the provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh urged the People’s Committees of the four central provinces affected by the environmental incident earlier this year to award compensation transparently.

VOV.VN - A home at 39-45 Tran Thai Tong Street in the Cau Giay District was destroyed November 1 by a fire that appeared to have been caused by an electrical malfunction.

A total of 43 volunteer soldiers and experts in the central province of Quang Binh, who performed international missions in Laos during the 1945-1975 period, were presented with orders and medals of the Lao State at a ceremony in Dong Hoi city on November 1.

The Vietnam Information Technology Outsourcing Alliance (VNITO) and the non-profit Japan Information Service Innovation Partners Association (JASIPA) have signed a MoU to promote business cooperation and leverage the strengths of both sides for sustainable development of their members.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on October 31 received VND800 million (US$36,000) donated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to support flood victims in the central region.