The Chemical Command under the Ministry of Defence on October 24 announced the completion of dioxin cleanup at A So airport in A Luoi district, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue.

VOV.VN - An exhibition displaying maps and documentaries that assert Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened on October 24 in Nui Thanh district of the central province of Quang Nam.

VOV.VN - An albino baby turtle named Blanche has been born at the Let’s Get Cracking incubation centre, announced Six Senses Con Dao luxury beach resort in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos will effectively implement a cooperation agreement between the Border Guard Command (Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam) and the Border Guard Department of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, as well as other signed agreements on border cooperation to ensure security along the two countries’ shared border.

Corsica, an island in the southeast of France, wishes to promote cooperation with Vietnam in the time to come, said Alexandre Vinciguerra, a member of the Executive Council of Corsica and President of the Corsica Development Agency at an October 23 working session with Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s Immigration Department and Cambodian Home Affairs Ministry’s General Department of Immigration held a meeting to discuss and exchange experience on immigration management in Hanoi on October 23.

The Ministers of Public Security, Industry and Trade, and Construction, and chairpersons of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide have been asked to seriously and effectively implement the fire prevention and fighting work, planning, and construction management for multi-story apartment buildings.

VOV.VN - The Cua Dai border guard force stated on October 23 that they are in the process of searching for a missing Korean man who had been enjoying a beach swim in Cam An ward of Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam.

VOV.VN - Quang Nam province's Department of Health announced on October 23 the death of a woman after contracting an infectious disease called melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced on October 23 that 18 out of 20 monkeypox cases who are receiving treatment in the southern city’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases have had infectious syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

VOV.VN - The capital has seen another death caused by dengue fever this year amid infections continuing to rise in the city, according to the figures released by the municipal Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

The Ho Chi Minh City Labour Federation held an event on October 22 connecting Vietnamese families with Lao and Cambodian students in the city.

On the occasion of the 93rd Vietnam Women’s Day (October 20, 1930-2023) and the 50th anniversary of Vietnam - Australia diplomatic relations (1973-2023), Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski reviewed the fruitful partnership on gender equality with Vietnam over the past time in an article.

“Cay Linden mua xanh la” (Linden tree in green season), a 50-minute documentary film that has been aired on the Vietnam Television (VTV), has received great attention from the Vietnamese community in France thanks to its success in highlighting the friendship between people of Vietnam and the European country.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh has proposed that Singapore consider the official acceptance of Vietnamese workers through its Visa Work Permit scheme.

VOV.VN - Local sky gazers will have a rare opportunity to witness the peak of the Orionids meteor shower, which is set to occur between midnight on October 21 and the morning of October 22.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese authorities said they have lost hope in their search for 13 missing fishermen from two sunken fishing vessels after combing through the waters near the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago for more than 100 hours.

Vietnam has paid due attention to energy transition as part of efforts to respond to climate change, highlighted Vietnamese trade counselor in Thailand Le Huu Phuc while attending the third Asian and Pacific Energy Forum (APEF 2023) in Bangkok on October 16-20.

VOV.VN - Tropical storm Sanba weakened into a tropical depression in the western part of China’s Lei-zhou peninsula on October 20 afternoon, with winds gusting 81kph at its centre, reported the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - A photo exhibition showcasing 17 faces acting for the cause of sustainable development in Vietnam opened at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi on October 20.

VOV.VN - A group of 40 young volunteers from the Republic of Korea have recently engaged in a number of charities in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, including building four houses for the poor in the locality.

VOV.VN - While men take their wives or partners out for parties on Vietnamese Women’s Day (October 20), women in the following pictures are still working hard on streets, even throughout the night, to earn a living.

VOV.VN - The Youth Workers Support Center of Ho Chi Minh City organised a mass wedding ceremony for 82 couples of workers on October 20 in celebration of Vietnamese Women's Day.

VOV.VN - The government of Vietnam has decided to cut short the average incubation period and the time when no additional cases of infectious diseases are detected as a basis for declaring an end to infectious diseases, including COVID-19 in Vietnam.

Vietnam is ranked 59th in the 2023 Global Remote Work Index (GRWI), which evaluates the potential of 108 countries to qualify as top destinations for telecommuting.

VOV.VN - A cold air wave is moving closer to northern border provinces of Vietnam while tropical storm Sanba is changing its course and is likely to lose strength into a tropical depression.

A dialogue on preventing and responding to gender-based violence in cyberspace was held at FPT Hanoi University by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam on October 18.

Vietnam is striving to raise the rate of female officers in the country's peacekeeping force to 20% by 2025, Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien told a conference in Hanoi on October 19.

VOV.VN - The BritCham Vietnam Charity Fun Run 2023 is due to be held on November 5 at the British University of Vietnam’s campus in Ecopark in Van Giang district of Hung Yen province, as announced on October 19 by the event’s organising board.

Vietnam’s community learning model, Compassion Books and House of Wisdom, has been named among Successful Practices Honorees of the 2023 Literacy Awards launched by the Library of the US Congress (LOC).