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.

Dr. Le Toan Thuy, an overseas Vietnamese scientist in France, has joined projects to help Vietnamese managers and farmers effectively develop rice cultivation models in the Mekong Delta region.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese women are always willing to sacrifice themselves in order to try and take care of their families.

VOV.VN - When she received a prestigious Master's degree from Coventry University, a university with a long history in the United Kingdom, Tina Yuan could not hide her emotions.

VOV.VN - A cold snap with a heavy rain hit Hanoi on the morning of October 20, leading to severe traffic jams which only intensified as locals headed to work.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department has announced the detection of a second case of monkeypox at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

When it comes to women in political decision-making, Vietnam has in place an adequate legal framework to ensure gender equality in political and public life.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment held a workshop on October 19 to start the building of a voluntary national review (VNR) 2023 on implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Ha Anh Phuong, recognised by the Thai Princess' award for outstanding achievements in education, joined her fellow Southeast Asian educators in a forum on October 18 to exchange best practices to recover from the COVID-19 education crisis.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on October 19 extended congratulations to Joseph Nguyen Nang, Archbishop of the city’s Archdiocese, who has been elected as the new President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam in the 2022-2025 tenure.

Officials from the People’s Council of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam and Sekong province of Laos met to exchange experience in Quang Nam’s Tam Ky city on October 18.

VOV.VN - While waste collection is an unsteady job with limited hygienic conditions, informal labourers – mostly women – play a crucial role in the plastic waste segregation at source and collection in Vietnam.

A webinar discussing prospects of green hydrogen in low-carbon economy in Vietnam was hosted by the Vietnam Imitative for Energy Transition (VIET) on October 18.