The National Assembly Standing Committee, NA Office and NA agencies launched a campaign in Hanoi on October 16 to call for donations to residents hit by floods in the central region.

VOV.VN - At least 11 agreements on investment co-operation in the educational field were reached between local and foreign partners during the Forum on Investment and Cooperation in Education which was held on October 16 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - It is vital to teach children about balanced diets whilst giving them necessary education on nutrition in order to allow them to develop healthy eating habits that can ultimately contribute to their comprehensive development.

Vietnam is willing to share with South Africa its research and production of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 test kit so that the two nations could together overcome the pandemic, said a Vietnamese official at a virtual discussion which gathered leaders and experts of the two nations’ military medical corps.

A total of 121 teams from 31 Vietnamese colleges and universities and 37 teams from those in six other ASEAN member states will kick off the starting round of the 2020 ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security on October 17.

About 50 Vietnamese diplomats were provided with training on delivering coordinated quality services to women migrant workers subject to violence in Hanoi on October 15.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 15-16 safely repatriated 370 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Russia due to the impact of the COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Entrants to Vietnam will have to undergo three tests to detect signs of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), as opposed to being tested twice as before, with the new safeguard measure being part of epidemic prevention and control work.

Ho Chi Minh City has allowed another 14 hotels to serve as paid quarantine facilities to meet the growing demand, taking its total count to 24.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) under Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has requested tourism authorities of provinces and cities to review the workforce in the industry with the aim of building a database of manpower.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Vietnam held a ceremony on October 15 to mark World Food Day 2020 (October 16) and the 75th anniversary of the FAO.

VOV.VN - Central provinces are braced for lashing rain again, starting October 16, as a tropical low depression is forecast to strike the central coast this evening, according to the latest weather forecast bulletin.

The National Institute of Nutrition has launched a “nutrition and development week” in a bid to raise public awareness of proper nutrition for sustainable development.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 14 safely repatriated more than 350 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Japan due to the impact of the COVID-19.

Vietnam has ordered COVID-19 vaccines from some partners, including in Russia and the UK, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang told a regular press conference on October 15.

Teachers and students should have access to information technology (IT) to take full advantage of humanity’s knowledge, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said on October 15.

VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese citizens returning from the US have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, bringing the country’s tally of coronavirus infections to 1,124, the Ministry of Health reported on October 15 afternoon.

Ministries and localities must remain vigilant in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and maintain achievements already made, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has stressed.

As Vietnam is listed among three countries with the highest rate of sex ratio imbalance at birth, local authorities are making efforts to raise public awareness and tighten regulations to shorten the gap.

VOV.VN - By late October 15 search and rescue workers have retrieved 13 bodies from a landslide site near Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant in Phong Dien district of Thua Thien Hue province.

VOV.VN - A representative of the Vietnam-Myanmar Friendship Association has handed over VND540 million and medical equipment to the Myanmar Embassy in Hanoi to help Myanmar people fight against COVID-19.

A photo contest honouring good deeds for children was launched by the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organisation’s Council, UNICEF Vietnam, and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)’s Central Committee on October 14.

VOV.VN - Australian news website theconversation.com published an article on October 15 detailing how Europe could learn from the success of countries like Vietnam in containing the second wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Rescue forces have been urgently searching for the 17 missing victims of the landslide that has hit the Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant in Phong Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province, central Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A new tropical low depression has formed in the East Sea and is likely to strengthen into a storm in the next two days, according to meteorologists.

VOV.VN - Typhoon Nangka, the seventh storm to hit the East Sea, has seen heavy rain and strong winds hit northern coastal localities such as Quang Ninh, and Hai Phong, in addition to other northeastern provinces, with Quang Ninh banning fishing vessels from going out to the sea.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on October 14 reported the discovery of a further nine imported cases of COVID-19, all from India, taking the national tally to 1,122.

VOV.VN - Shimizu Akira, chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s Vietnam Office, has offered congratulations and expressed great appreciation for Voice of Vietnam (VOV)'s development over the past 75 years, adding that he is hopeful of JICA and VOV strengthening co-operation in the future.

VOV.VN - The US Mission in Vietnam has pledged to continue supporting the nation’s disaster relief efforts in line with the USAID’s leadership, while plans are being devised in an effort to provide additional assistance to help local people overcome this challenging time.

VOV.VN - Rescue forces made up of military personnel, medics, and members of the police have urgently joined rescue efforts to look for the missing victims of a landslide which hit Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.