The Vietnam Students Association in Thailand organised an event at King Mongkut University in Bangkok on September 21 to celebrate the new academic year.

A delegation of the Vietnamese community in Laos on September 19-20 visited Luang Namtha province in northern Laos that suffered heaviest devastation from Typhoon Yagi.

Vietnamese people in Japan and Canada have provided support to people at home who were affected by Typhoon Yagi.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on September 20 received support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic missions, and foreign enterprises to people affected by recent Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floods in some northern localities.

Shinhan Life Vietnam has supported children undergoing leukaemia treatment by providing VND150 million (nearly US$6,100) worth of medical expenses and 120 gifts to patients in the HCM City Children's Hospital in HCM City.

VOV.VN - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced on September 20 that it had provided US$2 million in order to help Vietnam to overcome the consequences of super typhoon Yagi.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 20 signed a decision designating August 6 as Vietnam Cyber Security Day.

A flight of the Russian Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief delivered 35 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Vietnam on September 20 to support recovery efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi.

Dr. Kambiz Ghawami, President of the World University Service (WUS) Germany, has presented 18 water filters - Portable Aqua Unit for Live Saving (PAUL) - to the Vietnamese localities affected by Typhoon Yagi and Storm Soulik.

The Canadian Embassy in Vietnam on September 20 announced that Canada has provided 560,000 CAD in humanitarian assistance to the Vietnamese people affected by severe flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - The first cold spell of the autumn-winter season is forecast to hit the country's northern provinces from September 23, with the coming days bringing with it spells of rain coupled with lowering temperatures.

VOV.VN - With storm No. 4 weakening into a tropical low-pressure zone, severe floods are expected as the water level of many rivers in central localities such as Quang Binh province and Da Nang city is rising swiftly.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese airlines, including Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air, Pacific Airlines, VASCO, Bamboo Airways and Vietravel Airlines, operated a total of 176,307 flights, of which 45,889 were delayed, accounting for 26% of the total figure, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)'s report.

The Vietnamese community in Russia has raised over VND2 billion (US$81,433) to support people suffering damage due to Typhoon Yagi and consequent flooding in the home country during just one week after launching a donation campaign.

VOV.VN - With high tides leading to severe flooding in Ho Chi Minh City on the early morning of September 20, local people were forced to endure additional challenges as they attempted to go about their daily lives.

VOV.VN - With storm No. 4 weakening into a tropical low-pressure zone, several central localities will continue to experience heavy downpours with a high risk of flash floods and landslides occurring, especially in the mountainous areas from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, in collaboration with the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe and the Vietnamese Association in the European nation, has organised a relief mission to three regions severely affected by the country’s worst floods in the past ten decades.

Ho Chi Minh City is playing a key role in strengthening the relationship between Vietnam and Indonesia, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Ngoc Hai said during a celebration of Indonesia's 79th National Day in the southern hub on September 19.

In the aftermath of a series of explosions involving pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon on September 17 and 18, the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt, which concurrently serves Lebanon, has confirmed that all Vietnamese nationals in the country remain safe.

Representatives from Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development received at Noi Bai International Airport on September 19 relief supplies from the Singaporean government to help people in natural disaster-hit areas.

Overseas Vietnamese (OV) communities in China’s Hong Kong and Macau have actively responded to fundraising campaigns to support those suffering significant damage due to Typhoon Yagi and consequent flooding in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Hang recently held separate meetings with Danish Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Ole Thonke who is in charge of the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) Summit, and the organising board of the first edition of the summit in 2018.

In a move to combat the plague of child labour, the Ministry of Information and Communications held a conference in Hanoi on September 19, rallying the press and stakeholders to amplify prevention and reduction efforts.

Vietnam continues to be among the countries with the highest overall cybersecurity index score in the fifth Global Cybersecurity Index.

In a bold move to capitalise on its burgeoning creative design scene, the Hanoi People's Committee has unveiled a plan to host a series of captivating events as part of its participation in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for 2024-2025.

VOV.VN - Local fishermen in central localities, including Da Nang, are busy hiring cranes to bring their boats ashore ahead of a major storm which is expected to make landfall by the afternoon of September 19.

VOV.VN - Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident involving two passenger coaches on the Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet Expressway at midnight on September 18, as reported by local media.

VOV.VN - There is a high risk of flash floods and landslides occuring in the coastal areas of localities from Nghe An to Quang Nam as a tropical depression strengthened into a storm on September 19 to become the fourth storm to hit the East Sea this year, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Vietnam can learn a lot from Singapore and other countries to build a smart government and smart cities so as to pave the way for rapid progress in the future, according to Associate Prof., Dr. Vu Minh Khuong at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy under the National University of Singapore.

Vietnam's cybersecurity landscape improved in the second quarter of 2024 compared to a year earlier, but unrelenting vigilance should be a priority to prevent threats, according to global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky.