VOV.VN - A project aimed at promoting sustainable sand management in the Mekong Delta, implemented by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Vietnam, has helped to mitigate the negative impact of climate change on the region.

VOV.VN - An additional 10 million people will benefit from the Government's targeted policies and schemes relating to social protection and poverty reduction in the 2021 to 2025 period, according to the Report "Vietnam Multidimensional Poverty 2021".

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau handed over eight rescued Myanmar fishermen to representatives of the Myanmar Embassy in Vietnam on October 5.

Border guards in the northern border province of Cao Bang have arrested eight foreign nationals who were attempting to enter Vietnam illegally and then come to work in Cambodia.

Marine scientific research plays an important role in biodiversity conservation and restoration, and sustainable development, heard an ocean dialogue held in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on October 5.

VOV.VN - A cold front is moving from China to Vietnam that will cause temperatures in northern localities to fall considerably this weekend.

VOV.VN - The bomb and mine clearance team of PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN) announced on October 4 that it had successfully handled two war-time bombs detected in the central province of Quang Tri.

Sailing Ship 286-Le Quy Don of the Vietnam Naval Academy and a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Navy arrived at Lumut port in the Malaysian state of Perak on October 4, beginning a visit to Malaysia.

Over 100 Vietnamese citizens that stayed illegally in China were returned to Vietnamese authorities at the Ly Van Border Gate in the northern province of Cao Bang on October 4.

Three more people, including two former diplomatic officials, have been arrested for their involvement in a bribery case at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Consular Department, Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of the Office and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, said on October 4.

VOV.VN - Bjorn Andersson, regional director of Asia and the Pacific of UNFPA, applauded Vietnamese efforts on October 4 in addressing the preference for sons and gender-biased sex selection over the last 15 years.

VOV.VN - Residents of the mountainous district of Ky Son in the central province of Nghe An have returned home to retrieve their belongings and assess the damage done to the local area following a series of devastating flash floods.

Vietnam’s leading ICT company FPT Software has launched a new subsidiary, FPT Semiconductor, marking a key milestone for the company as it enters the booming semiconductor industry.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed on October 3 that a woman returning from Dubai has infected with the monkeypox virus, the first case recorded in Vietnam so far.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has recorded its first case of monkeypox, a global public health emergency that has so far affected tens of thousands of people in over 70 countries worldwide, Tang Chi Thuong, director of the city's Department of Health, reported at a meeting on October 3.

VOV.VN - Heavy rain and severe flooding had left at least eight people dead in central Vietnam, the National Steering Committee on Natural Disasters Prevention and Control reported on October 2 afternoon.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony in the northern province of Hung Yen on October 1 in response to the Action Month for the Vietnamese Elderly, on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons.

A helicopter from the Vietnam Helicopter Corporation on October 2 took eight crewmen aboard China’s Wu Zhou 8 ship from Con Dao island district to Vung Tau hospital in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau for further treatment, as suggested by the Chinese Embassy.

President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee Bui Thi Hoa visited and handed relief to victims hit by the recent storm in Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai.

Vietnam’s Foreign Trade University (FTU) has won the Emerging Change Agent award for the second consecutive year at the Social Business Creation (SBC) competition.

Chief of the Ministry of Public Security’s Office, Lieut. Gen. To An Xo provided more information about the progress of investigations on curruption cases, during the Government’s regular press conference in Hanoi on October 1.

The youth authorities of Hanoi has planned a mass wedding ceremony for 30 couples on October 15 and 16.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC) will send emergency aid worth VND330 million (US$13,830) in cash and kind to help flood victims in the two central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

Nine critical ill sailors in a suspected food poisoning case on a Chinese vessel have been saved after being taken to the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, said a local health official.

More than 1,300 Shan Tuyet tea plants in Ha Giang province and a group of valuable timber trees in Dak Nong province have been recognised as “Vietnam Heritage Trees”.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony on October 1 in the southeastern province of Binh Phuoc to announce the establishment of Chon Thanh town in the province.

VOV.VN - A prolonged spell of torrential rain following Typhoon Noru has damaged several key routes to mountainous areas in the central province of Quang Nam, causing hundreds of households to be isolated.

The Thai Embassy in Hanoi and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) on September 30 co-organised a ceremony to inaugurate the Thai Room at the academy's campus.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a dispatch requesting ministries, sectors and localities to focus on addressing the consequences of typhoon Noru, the fourth to enter the East Sea this year, and take active measures to respond to possible natural disasters.

The potential for co-processing waste, including non-recyclable plastic, as an alternative fuel in the cement industry in Vietnam is huge.