The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the Vietnam Academy of Social Science and Laos’ National Academy of Politics and Administration and Academy of Social Science have signed a cooperation agreement allowing the four agencies to foster scientific exchanges.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s staff have donated 310 million VND (13,950 USD) for flood victims in the central region.

The British Business Group Vietnam (BBGV) will hold the second Fun Run for Charity at the Ecopark urban area in the northern province of Hung Yen on November 6 to raise money for flood victims in Vietnam’s central provinces. 

Vietnam’s reserves of sea fish are estimated at approximately 4.2 million tonnes with various kinds of fish, many of which have high commercial value. 

Diabetes patients in Ho Chi Minh City and a number of Mekong Delta provinces will be provided with free eye care under a project worth US$734,000 jointly funded by the international non-governmental humanitarian organisation Orbis and the World Diabetes Foundation.

The Health Ministry launched a mosquito-killing drive across the country on October 21 in the context of dengue fever spreading in central and southern regions and the discovery of the 7th infection of Zika virus. 

VOV.VN - An unexploded ordnance clearance team of PeaceTrees Vietnam, a US-based non-profit organization, has successfully deactivated a bomb weighing 227 kilograms in Quang Tri Province.

In a bid to ease payroll pressure on the national budget and improve staff performance, the Prime Minister has decided to reduce the number of those on the State payroll by 1.4% at all levels next year.

The National Committee for Search and Rescue must always stand ready for timely and effective response to any incidents and natural disasters.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of Denmark in Hanoi has announced a series of cultural activities to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in connection with the 45th Anniversary of bilateral relations between Vietnam and Denmark.

The central coastal city of Da Nang has approved a 2.1km sea dyke project in the Lien Chieu District with a total investment of 200 billion VND (nearly 9 million USD) in an effort to prevent coastal erosion due to rising sea level and climate change.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on October 20 decided to provide a US$30 million loan to support effective and efficient public service delivery and inclusive growth in Cambodia, said an ADB’s press release.

Umeda Kunio was appointed as Japan’s new ambassador to Vietnam at a cabinet meeting on October 21.

VOV.VN - The cast and crew of The Voice Kids are taking time to give back to the country where their show is filmed.

The government plans to cut its 45% stake in Vinamilk, one of the country’s most sought after firms among foreign investors, into several small pieces before offering them to the public.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen and a charity team from Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province have provided food aid to flood victims in the central province of Quang Binh.  

Vietnam participated in the 18th World Congress of Russian Press held in Paris, France, on October 19-21

VOV.VN - A memorial service for three crewmembers of the EC130 helicopter that crashed into a mountain during a training mission in Vung Tau province on October 18 was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 21.

At around 8:00 p.m. the train crashed sending four compartments tumbling off the track.

Scores of young children from a nursery school in the southern province of Vinh Long were hospitalized with food poisoning after having lunch at school on October 19.

Three quarters of Vietnam's private security cameras employ default usernames and passwords, inviting hackers to take them over.

In one of its most ambitious anti-poverty plans yet, Vietnam has set the target of lifting the income for farming communities by the year 2020, as it tries to improve living standards for rural areas.

Two male passengers who assaulted a female Vietnam Airlines employee at Noi Bai International Airport on October 18 have been temporarily banned from domestic and international flights.

Two foreign tourists have touched the hearts of local residents in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam after the pair joined in to fortify a local dike near the famed tourist city of Hoi An.

The women’s unions of Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Union and the Lao capital city of Vientiane signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation for the 2016-21 period in HCM City on October 20.

At least four people died after super Typhoon Haima swept over northern Philippines on October 19, said local authorities. 

The Vietnamese Government always considers sustainable development a goal in the national development strategy, said President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quang Thuan.

Hoi An town in the central province of Quang Nam kick-started the construction of a solar energy-based electricity supply system to operate its sound and lighting system. 

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will granted around US$24 million to a forest conservation project in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue for 2016 – 2020. 

 A delegation from the Ministry of Health has arrived in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to inspect the suspected Zika-linked microcephaly case reported earlier in the locality, an official said on October 20.