Vietnam is a top market in adopting new technologies, in which 58% of digital consumers have used online banking solutions, e-wallets, money transfer applications, and digital banking.

VOV.VN - Hanoi Eye Hospital and Novartis have cooperated and launched Glaucoma Hybrid Patient Class - the first comprehensive, face-to-face, and online glaucoma education program in Vietnam, aimed at raising awareness about Glaucoma for patients and caregivers as well as the community.

VOV.VN - Hanoi is enduring a surge in dengue infections, with an additional 38 new hotspots and 1,420 cases recorded from October 14 to 21.

The enforcement of intellectual property in the fields of culture and creativity in Vietnam was the focus of a seminar held on October 24 in Hanoi.

Five refrigerated trucks and an additional 4.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have arrived in Vietnam from Australia.

VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese clubs have been chosen to participate in the Clubs Leaders Étudiants Francophones (CLEF) Global Network which is made up of 180 clubs from across the world.

VOV.VN - High-level talks between the Vietnam Youth Union and the Cambodia Youth Union, as well as a signing ceremony of a co-operation agreement between the two countries' Youth Unions for the 2022 to 2027 period were held on October 24 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Labor Management Office under the EPS (Employment Permit System) Program (VEWMO) in collaboration with the Siheung City Foreign Workers Support Center held a meeting on October 13 to provide legal advice to Vietnamese workers in Gyeonggi province and surrounding areas.

VOV.VN - A seminar on sharing experience in buying and renovating houses for Vietnamese nationals living in Japan was held in October 23, in Tokyo, with the participation of more than 100 Vietnamese people residing, studying, and working in the East Asian nation.

Samsung Vietnam, the Vinh Phuc provincial Department of Foreign Affairs, Lao Thach district People's Committee and Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) have jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the Samsung Hope School project in Bac Son village.

Experts in academia, industry, and government gathered at a forum held in Hanoi on October 21 to explore the importance, as well as the successes and the challenges, of leveraging a digital environment in higher education.

Global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky has launched Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence in Vietnam to help security analysts detect potential attack threats promptly and adjust their defence plans.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a directive to step up response to cybersecurity incidents in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese team comprising four students of University of Natural Sciences under Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, beat thousands of teams from other countries to win the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition 2022.

VOV.VN - Vietnam National University in Hanoi has become the first Vietnamese educational institution to receive the Recognition of Improvement given by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British firm specialising in overseas education.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression entered the East Sea on October 22 afternoon and is forecast to gain strength in the coming hours as it is heading for central Vietnam, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on October 21 offered recommendations to ensure Vietnamese guest workers work legally, safely and effectively in foreign countries.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on October 21 launched a communications campaign in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to change the habit of consuming wildlife meat among urban people, highlighting the threats to public health and the nature.

Deputy Chief of the US Mission in Vietnam Melissa A. Bishop on October 21 launched the first two courses of the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in the country.

VOV.VN - A tropical low pressure forming off the coast of the Philippines is forecast to enter the East Sea on October 22, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Minister of Public Security, General To Lam attended the Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW2022) from October 18-20.

Evgheni Kobelev, Vice Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN)'s Institute of China and Modern Asia, has suggested further strengthening relations between scholars of Russia and Vietnam.

Vietnam shared its experience in ensuring the rights of labourers and emphasised the significance of better caring for them as well as the creation of sustainable employment, at an event held by the International Labour Organisation and the Group of Friends of Decent Work for Sustainable Development in New York.

The Hanoi Department of Transport has given the green light to the pilot of an electric two-wheeler sharing model to facilitate the transit of bus rapid transit (BRT) passengers.

VOV.VN - Educational geography website World Atlas has named Ho Chi Minh City among nine cities which could be underwater by 2030 due to the continued impact of global warming, including intensifying disasters.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has always kept a close watch on the situation in Ukraine and paid attention to the citizen protection work and the protection of Vietnamese people living and working there, spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed on October 20.

VOV.VN - A five-year-old girl in the northern midland province of Phu Tho has tested positive for avian influenza A (H5) virus, said the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).

The situation of Vietnamese workers in Africa has been stable and seen certain improvements, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference of the ministry in Hanoi on October 20.

Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens tricked into illegal jobs in Cambodia have been rescued over the past several months, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at the Foreign Ministry’s regular press conference on October 20.

Despite the various improvements in the promotion of gender quality and women empowerment, much still remains for Vietnam to do to ease gender prejudice and enhance public awareness on women’s role, according to experts.