VOV.VN - Tran Minh Hung, vice president of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV), was elected as the new president of the Vietnam-Indonesia Friendship Association for the 2021 to 2026 term at the association's fourth congress held in Hanoi on October 27.

VOV.VN - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the donation of 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on October 26 in an effort to help the nation respond to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Air quality in Hanoi once again worsened to dangerous levels on October 27 after a period of maintaining a stable level, ranking third among the world's most polluted cities, only behind India and Pakistan.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), in collaboration with the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO), organised a dialogue on labour and experience sharing to promote job security between Vietnam and Switzerland on October 26.

VOV.VN - Teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 in Cu Chi district were given their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on a trial basis on October 27, marking the start of a vaccination campaign aimed at local children launched in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Country Gender Equality Profile Vietnam 2021 (CGEP), the first comprehensive report on the gender equality situation in Vietnam, was released at a meeting on October 26 by the UN Women, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, the Asian Development Bank and the International Labour Organisation.

VOV.VN - A number of foreign representative agencies based in Vietnam were given updates on the country’s consular policy on October 26 during a meeting on consular affairs with foreign representative missions held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and the Czech-Vietnamese Education Center have recently organised a seminar in Prague for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),with the aim to boost protection of endangered animals.

Ho Chi Minh City is now at Level 2 of pandemic risk, but its response scenario is at Level 3. The healthcare department believes that city residents are underestimating pandemic risks.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on October 26 announced a scholarship programme exclusively for Vietnamese students.

VOV.VN - The Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) will be used to inoculate children aged 12 to 17 nationwide, starting in November, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long announced in Hanoi on October 26.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 3,595 coronavirus cases in 49 cities and provinces across the country over the past 24 hours, a fall of 44 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on October 25.

VOV.VN - A Vietnam – Australia forum on artificial intelligence (AI) will be held virtually on October 27, bringing together leading AI experts from both countries.

VOV.VN - Over 3,000 students aged 16 and 17 in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 and Cu Chi district are set to be injected with a COVID-19 vaccine on a trial basis on October 27, the municipal Department of Health said on October 26.

VOV.VN - Local buildings Bat Trang House and Vanada restaurant in the northern province of Ninh Binh beat more than 4,700 entries from 87 countries worldwide to win the Dezeen Awards 2021.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese representatives have made it into the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022.

VOV.VN - The US Mission to Vietnam, in partnership with Arizona State University, hosted the 2021 YSEALI Summit: Power of STEAM Education & Workforce Innovation on October 16-17 and October 23-24, 2021.

VOV.VN - No Vietnamese casualties have been reported after an administrative building in Moscow downtown caught fire on October 25.

VinBus, the member company of VinGroup specialising in transport services, officially put into operation first smart electric buses in Phu Quoc Island, southern Kien Giang province, on October 25.

Traffic accidents decreased in three criteria year-on-year from September 15 to October 14, said Chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Huu Minh.

Vietnam has decided to urgently support the Lao Party, State and people with US$2.15 million and some medical supplies in aid of the nation’s efforts to combat the latest wave of COVID-19, informed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung at a ceremony held on October 25.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression moving towards south-central Vietnam is likely to quickly lose its strengthen before striking the mainland on October 27, the National Centre for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) reported on October 26.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has sent an urgent document to the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute, asking for an approval of its plan to inoculate children aged 12 – 17 against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The little Vietnamese baby Dang was only three months old, when he started coughing, crying more and more, and also got a fever.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the discovery of an additional 3,639 new COVID-19 infections on October 25 across 53 localities nationwide, marking a decline of 408 from the previous day.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam – ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2021 is scheduled to be held next month by the Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) and the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO).

VOV.VN - A total of five local scientists have been named among the top 10,000 leading scientists worldwide, according to a study conducted by science journal PLoS Biology of the United States.

VOV.VN - A ceremony has been held recently in Ho Chi Minh City to hand over adopted children to 91 families from various European nations.

Vietnam spent VND45.6 trillion (nearly US$2 billion) from its budget on pandemic prevention and control and supporting people who face difficulties due to COVID-19, as of October 15, according to the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - Over 16,000 houses throughout the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai were left submerged on October 24, while many local roads were blocked by flooding and landslides.