The 2016 Long Bien Marathon is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on October 23 to raise funds for needy people in the capital’s Long Bien district.

The 20th Vietnam International Fashion Fair (VIFF) 2016 is set to take place from December 22-26 at the International Centre of Exhibition, 91 Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi. 

Construction has started on the main road in the southern gateway of the city in Hoàng Mai district at a cost of VND2,067 billion (92.66 million USD).

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn yesterday attended the second-night funeral chanting of His Late Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall in the Grand Palace.

A joint programme between the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Central Committee and the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association (VCFA) for the 2016 – 2021 period was signed in Hanoi on October 18.

A delegation of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs led by Vice Chairman Dang The Hung on October 18 had a working session on October 18 with authorities of southern Binh Phuoc province on Vietnamese returning from Cambodia. 

The government has launched two 24-hour hotlines, 1111 and 1567, to provide information regarding His Majesty the King’s funeral. 

VOV.VN - Search teams have recovered the bodies of three military personnel on a helicopter that crashed into a mountain during a training mission in southern Vietnam in the latest of a series of deadly accidents involving military aircraft.

The findings of a research project on high-quality human resources development, conducted by researchers from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK), were reviewed at a workshop in Hanoi on October 18. 

The Trade Union of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and the All-Russian Electric Trade Union (ARETU) have signed an agreement on delegation exchange for 2016-2021.

Foreign military attachés in Vietnam took part in a shooting exchange at the Mieu Mon national training centre in Hanoi on October 18. 

The Vietnam Journalists Association has launched the ‘ASEAN – One Community’ press photo contest, calling for the participation of members of press organisations from the ASEAN members.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Italy have signed a memorandum of understanding for the projects – Flood Early Warning System (phase 2) and Wastewater Treatment System (phase 1) in Tay Ninh province.

The labor ministry has proposed two options that could for the first time grant state employees 10 days off for the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Hastening the disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loans remains a huge task for the remaining two months of this year in the context of increasing public debts and limited resources, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh.

The body of an eight-year-old boy who was washed down a sewer during heavy rain on October 16 in Binh Duong Province was found on October 18.

Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) on October 18 announced that Zika virus in the country’s biggest hotspot has been eliminated. 

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han presented gifts to 200 flood-stricken households in Ha Linh and Hai Hoa villages in central Ha Tinh province on October 18.

VOV.VN - Quang Ninh is famous for beautiful tourist attractions and numerous coal mines which were opened at the end of the 19th century. 

Nearly 70% of fish sauce samples taken in a recent survey by the Vietnam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) have been found to contain excessive amounts of arsenic, the non-profit organization has said.

Vietnam may have become the second Asian country, following Thailand, to report a case of microcephaly due to Zika contraction, with a four-month-old girl in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak showing signs of the birth defect.

The Philippines has incurred huge losses in the agriculture sector amounting to almost 3 billion pesos (nearly US$61 million) due to typhoon Sarika, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture said on October 18.

The central province of Quang Nam on October 18 organised an oil spill response exercise at the Chu Lai – Truong Hai Port with the participation of hundreds of specialised vehicles and relevant forces. 

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked authorities of the northern port city of Hai Phong to take preventive measures and do everything in their capacity to deal with typhoon Sarika, the seventh hit the nation this year.

The second phase of a project to detoxify dioxin in Da Nang airport in the central city of the same name began on October 18.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said it has canceled 14 flights to the port city of Hai Phong on October 19 due to storm Sarika. 

The Prime Minister has issued a set of criteria for a new-style rural commune in the 2016-2020 period, covering 19 different fields with specific targets in planning, socio-economic infrastructure, economy and production, as well as culture, society and environment. 

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has promised that Vietnam will successfully implement commitments in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and climate change mitigation. 

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong extended his sympathy to flood victims in central Vietnam at a fundraising ceremony in Hanoi on October 18.

The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is stepping up poverty reduction efforts in the last quarter so as to cut the household poverty rate by 2.6% this year.