VOV.VN - Women require greater support to improve their capacity and to practically participate in and make effective contributions to digital transformation, heard a seminar held on October 18 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Northern localities are poised to face a new cold spell between October 21 and October 23, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Hanoi People’s Court is set to open a trial on November 4 for a 43-year-old woman charged with “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.

The Government is going to issue a resolution on some policies supporting women and children with difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Government’s Resolution No.128/NQ-CP promoting provisional regulations on safe, flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19 is a sound policy at present, said experts at a seminar held by the Government Portal on October 18.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has yet to inoculate its children aged 12 to 17 against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the HCM City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control at a press briefing on October 18.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked leaders of the Ministry of Health to provide latest information to the media on daily and weekly basis on COVID-19 prevention and control situation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has detected 3,159 new coronavirus cases and nine imported cases in 45 cities and provinces across the country over the past 24 hours, a fall of 16 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on October 18.

VOV.VN - A group of hunters have been suspected of shooting dead five rare gray-shanked douc langurs in a forest in Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam, local authorities said on October 18.

VOV.VN - A cold spell resulting in temperatures dropping and drizzly conditions in Hanoi has prompted residents of the capital to don an extra layer of clothing as a way of keeping them warm from cold.

Children need to learn how to protect their personal and social well-being in cyberspace, Phan Thi Cam Giang, a lecturer at the Vietnam Women’s Academy's branch in Ho Chi Minh City, said at a recent online conference.

VOV.VN - A series of floods triggered by a prolonged period of heavy rain over the past few days have disrupted traffic, submerged houses and crops and killed locals in the central and Central Highlands regions of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Heavy rain and flood discharge from hydropower plants have flooded parts of the northern and central regions during the past few days, leaving three dead and four missing.

VOV.VN - A haul of 700 samples of Covivac, a Vietnamese produced COVID-19 vaccine, have been sent to Canada to have its effectiveness evaluated, according to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Dinh Thiem, director of the Center for Clinical Trials under the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to face a considerable risk of another COVID-19 outbreak, although it may not be as large as the current one, according to Tran Dac Phu, former head of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Association in Hungary and the Hungary-Vietnam Friendship Association co-hosted an exchange programme on October 15-17 to honour Hungarians who joined the international delegation overseeing the implementation of the Paris Peace Agreement in Vietnam in the 1973-1975 period.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi administration has decided to lift a 14-day lockdown on Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital starting 00.00hrs on October 18 after its coronavirus outbreak was brought under control.

A get-together and exhibition on Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Vietnam has been held in Brussels, Belgium by the Belgium - Vietnam Association (ABV).

VOV.VN - The nation registered 3,193 additional COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours to six p.m on October 17, with most of the cases detected in Ho Chi Minh City with 1,059, Binh Duong with 537, and Dong Nai with 517, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi on October 16 received over 85.3 billion VND (3.7 million USD) in cash and kind donated by agencies and enterprises to support the capital city’s COVID-19 fight.

The Vietnamese Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) was launched at a ceremony held at the Embassy of Vietnam in Germany and via videoconference on October 16.

More than 111,000 employees in Ho Chi Minh City have benefited from the Government’s new support package sourced from the unemployment insurance fund, according to the city’s Social Insurance Agency.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc has asked Pfizer Inc., one of the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms to cooperate with the nation in the production of COVID-19 treatment drugs and promote the supply of its effective and safe vaccine for children.

Vietnam holds huge potential in the application and development of new technologies amid the wide utilisation of robot and artificial intelligence (AI) in daily life activities.

The Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) on October 17 handed over remains of US servicemen missing in action during the war in Vietnam to the US.

Medical workers from the Cho Ray and Thong Nhat hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have left for Ca Mau and Ninh Thuan provinces to help with the COVID-19 fight there.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 16 presided over a meeting on the working relations between the government and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour in 2021 and orientations for the next year.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) are viewed an important resource for national development and safeguarding, and young expatriates have proved to be an important part of innovation promotion in the homeland.

A social network campaign called “Plastic-19 Lockdown Challenge” was launched by UNESCO and the Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub) on October 15 to inspire the community to reduce the use of plastics.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed the detection of 3,221 new COVID-19 cases on October 16 across 48 localities throughout the nation, thereby bringing the fourth wave’s overall tally to 856,197.