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.

VOV.VN - Police forces in Da Nang successfully broke up an online football gambling ring on October 13 with a value of VND10 trillion, making the group the largest ever detected within the locality.

The 2019 National Press Awards for Disaster Prevention and Control, the first of its kind, were presented at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 13.

VOV.VN - Two military helicopters and crew members were mobilised at Phu Bai airport on October 14 as they attempt to rescue 30 missing people, including 13 members of a rescue team and 17 stranded workers, from a landslide which has hit Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

The website www.bac-si-giai-dap.com, a France-Vietnam cooperation project, was launched on October 13 in an effort to raise public awareness of less popular but serious respiratory diseases with high death risk.

VOV.VN - Severe flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the central region have claimed 36 lives and left 22 injured and 12 others missing, according to Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on October 13 confirmed a further three cases of COVID-19 imported into the nation, with two having arrived from Russia and one from Malaysia, taking the national totally to 1,113.

VOV.VN - US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Vietnam Mission Director Bradley Bessire and Vietnam’s Office of the Government (OOG) Chairman Mai Tien Dung participated in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between USAID and OOG on October 13.

VOV.VN - Deputy Commander of Military Region 4 and a number of soldiers have ran into difficulty while rescuing victims of the landslide that hit the Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant in the central province of Thua Thien Hue, according to a report on October 13 by the Office of the National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City hosted a ceremony on October 13 in order to welcome the arrival of the first set of carriages which will be used on the Metro Line No 1 Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien.

VOV.VN - Heavy downpours lasting for several days have inundated many areas throughout the city of Hue in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, leaving many places submerged and thousands of homes flooded, with four people dead and one missing.

VOV.VN - At least three people have died whilst other workers remain missing following a landslide at the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant area in the central province of Thua Thien Hue, with hundreds of soldiers and specialised vehicles being mobilised as efforts get underway to rescue victims.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City in cooperation with the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group opened a space for innovation and experience sharing in digital transformation on October 12.

A conference to review the results of the project “Enhancing Opportunities for Women’s Enterprises" (EOWE) was jointly organised by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation in Vietnam (SNV) in Hanoi on October 12.

Eleven Vietnamese citizens working in Moscow, Russia, have volunteered to join a Sputnik V vaccine programme to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - A video conference on the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) High-level Dialogue regarding the promotion of women’s economic empowerment amid the COVID-19 pandemic opened on October 12, with nearly 130 delegates from 41 ASEM member countries and seven international and regional organisations in attendance.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued an urgent telegram requiring that ministries, sectors, and localities focus resources on dealing with the consequences of floods and heavy rain, and coping with, storm Nangka, the seventh storm this year, and tropical depressions.

VOV.VN - Two repatriation flights conducted by Pacific Airlines brought home close to 360 Vietnamese citizens from Singapore on October 12.

VOV.VN - An Indian expert was confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the national total number of COVID-19 cases to 1,110, the Ministry of Health reported on October 12.

VOV.VN - Doctors at Viet Duc Hospital successfully performed their 1000th kidney transplant, with a 49-year old patient in Hanoi being the recipient of the landmark operation.

VOV.VN - An exhibition featuring photos, reports, and documentaries detailing the history of the ASEAN Community will be put on show between October 19 and October 22 in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.

VOV.VN - Northern and north-central Vietnam is braced for the arrival of storm Nangka, the seventh storm this year, with the weather pattern heading for northern regions following its evolution from a tropical depression on the afternoon of October 12, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Two consecutive storms are forecast to emerge from the East Sea later this week, with the current tropical depression likely to strengthen into typhoon No. 7, while a low-pressure area zone to the south of the Philippines is poised to develop into storm No. 8 when it enters the East Sea.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee said it has offered relief aid worth over VND476 million to flood-hit households in the central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Quang Nam.

With the permission of the Vietnamese Prime Minister, three vessels of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force docked at Cam Ranh international port, the central province of Khanh Hoa, for technical activities on October 10 and 11.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 10-11 safely repatriated more than 340 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in the United States due to the impact of the COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Floods caused by torrential rain in central Vietnam over the past few days have left 17 dead and 11 missing, while a new tropical low depression is coming near.

Rising flood level in Ben Hai, Hieu, Thach Han and O Lau rivers in the central province of Quang Tri killed one locals and affected 39,700 households as of October 11 morning, reported the provincial Steering Committee for National Disaster Prevention and Control.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted the important role of mass mobilisation and the contributions of role models in the “Effective Mass Mobilisation” movement in the country's achievements, especially in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, making Vietnam a bright spot in the field.