The Union of Vietnamese Students in France (UEVF) held the 10th congress, for 2023 - 2025, in Paris on October 28 with the participation of 60 delegates from across the European country.

President Vo Van Thuong urged Quang Ninh to become a dynamic and comprehensive centre, an international tourism and marine economy hub, and the gateway of the northern key economic region and the whole country, while attending a ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of the northeastern province on October 28.

VOV.VN - There are roughly 650,000 Vietnamese labourers working in 40 countries and territories around the world, according to estimated data from the Department of Overseas Labor Management under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Vietnam will scale down production and consumption of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - powerful greenhouse gases which are the main drivers of climate change.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City desires to increase co-operative ties with the Italian city of Turin across the prioritised fields of economy, culture, education, and tourism.

A delegation from the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), led by its Permanent Vice President Assoc. Prof., Dr Nguyen Duy Bac, has paid a working visit to Switzerland since October 19 to survey and learn international experience in human resources training and development.

Innovative ways to reduce plastics pollution took center stage at the Plastic Innovation Hub Vietnam (Hub Vietnam) Demo Day 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27.

A consultation workshop was held in Hanoi on October 27 to finalise a draft resource mobilisation plan to implement the Political Declaration on establishing the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

Vietnam’s Binh Duong Smart City has been named the 2023 Intelligent Community of the Year by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).

VOV.VN - Approximately 1,000 Vietnamese students across the Republic of Korea (RoK) will come together for the 16th Vietnamese Student Day which will be held on October 29 at Soongsil University in Seoul.

VOV.VN - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will continue to offer support for the Vietnamese Government in order to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) by 2030, with new cases being cut by 90% and deaths reduced by 95%.

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang on October 26 provided updates on the jeep incident at Cu Lan village tourist area in Lac Duong district, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong that killed four tourists from the Republic of Korea and injured one Vietnamese.

The Vietnam International Innovation Expo 2023 (VIIE 2023) will open at the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi on October 28, according to the National Innovation Centre (NIC).

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi has seen 23 patients suffer from tetanus since the beginning of the year, marking an a two-fold increase compared to the same period last year, with two deaths recorded.

VOV.VN - An additional two subject groups of Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) have been listed among the World University Rankings by Subjects 2024, which was released on October 26 by the Times Higher Education (THE).

The 27th Congress of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology (AFCC2023) will take place in Hanoi from November 2 to 5.

Hanoi hopes for the World Bank's continued support to and collaboration with Hanoi in the implementation of projects across various fields, including wastewater management and the establishment of ten urban railway routes.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang had a meeting with representatives of nuns from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Hanoi on October 25.

VOV.VN - Veterinarians have culled dozens of pigs in Suoi Tan commune of Khanh Hoa province in central Vietnam after local pigs were infected with the African swine fever virus.

VOV.VN - Da Nang, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City have been named among the world’s 10 fastest-growing remote work hubs for this year, according to details given by experts at Nomad List, a database of remote workers.

An exchange programme on the Vietnam - Czech Republic friendship was held on October 25 on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the Czech National Day (October 28, 1918 – 2023).

Senior officials from Vietnam and seven other Southeast Asian nations, and representatives from United Nations agencies and international organisations looked into civil registration, legal identity documentation, and the prevention of statelessness at a roundtable in Hanoi on October 25.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and the Newhaven Town Council inaugurated the renovation of a bronze statue of President Ho Chi Minh at the Newhaven Museum on October 25 as part of activities to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the leader’s arrival in the UK (1913-2023) and the 50th founding anniversary of Vietnam-UK diplomatic relations.

The ninth meeting of the Vietnam-the Republic of Korea (RoK) Joint Committee on Science and Technology cooperation was held in Seoul on October 24 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat and Korean Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and the Paris-headquartered Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global) on October 25 co-organised a seminar on the driving force of innovation in the digital transformation context.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has reported its first monkeypox death, a 29-year-old man from the Mekong Delta province of Long An, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.

An international forum on vocational education and training (VET) themed “Upskilling the Logistics Workforce and Promoting Industry Linkages in the Digital Era” took place in Hanoi on October 24 as part of activities in the Vietnam - Australia Human Resource Development Programme (Aus4Skills).

VOV.VN - A flash flood hit Cu Lan Village tourist resort in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on October 24 afternoon, washing away a tourist car carrying four Korean nationals on board.

VOV.VN - The second cohort of U.S. Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Hanoi on October 24 to further support the Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) national priorities for English Language Education and meet bilateral commitment to education and training cooperation under the U.S. – Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, according to the US Embassy in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam now has enough medication for treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), says Le Viet Dung, deputy director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV).