VOV.VN - The Vietnamese team has successfully surpassed 23 strong rivals from 23 countries to grab the first prize at the Huawei's Asia-Pacific Tech4Good competition which was recently held in Shenzhen in China.

VOV.VN - More than 200 soldiers from Brigade 249 of the Engineering Corps on September 29 completed the installation of a pontoon bridge near the Phong Chau Bridge in northern midland Phu Tho province that collapsed on September 9 due to violent floodwaters caused by typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - A stage erected at Phu Tho Indoor Sports Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City for the Miss Cosmo 2024 pageant suddenly collapsed on September 28 evening.

VOV.VN - A new cold air mass combined with a low-pressure trough crossing the North Central region is anticipated to cause widespread heavy rain across northern and north-central localities of Vietnam, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Manh Duy has become the first Vietnamese mountaineer to reach the top of Mountain Manaslu, the eighth-highest mountain in the world standing at 8,163 metres above sea level, reported Nepal-based newspaper Himalaya Daily.

The United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 in Vietnam is expected to attract around 2,000 participants, including 1,000 international delegates from 80 countries.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference in Hanoi on September 28 to review and draw lessons on storm prevention and control following the recent landfall of typhoon Yagi as well as the severe consequences it caused.

VOV.VN - Twelve individuals and organisations were honoured with the Vietnam Digital Content Creation Awards 2024 (VCA 2024) at the awards ceremony in Hanoi on September 27.

VOV.VN - A freight train derailed near Lang Co town of central Thua Thien-Hue province on September 28 morning, disrupting the North-South rail service.

The Lai Chau provincial Border Guard and the Honghe border management team under the Jin Shuihe border immigration checkpoint of China conducted a joint law enforcement patrol along their shared border on September 27.

Mayor Pierre Garzon bestowed the title of "Honorary Citizen of Villejuif," the city's highest honour, upon Tran To Nga, an 82-year-old French-Vietnamese who has fought tirelessly for justice for millions of Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.

The south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh will provide one-time financial support for the installation of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) for boats that are 12-15 metres in length, as part of the efforts to clamp down on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - Australian education experts have made a working trip to Vietnam from September 25-27 to explore potential partnerships in education and training across Government, academia, and industry, focusing on the transition to net zero and advancing green economy priorities, according to the Australian Embassy in Hanoi.

Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat has emphasised the need for Vietnam to pay heed to both innovation input and output, thus maintaining and improving its ranking on the Global Innovation Index (GII).

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$2 million grant to assist the Government of Vietnam in providing emergency and humanitarian services to residents affected by the super Typhoon Yagi in the northern region of the country.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon on September 26 continued to recommend Vietnamese citizens living and working in Lebanon leave the country, amid the risk that tensions between the Israeli army and the Hezbollah escalate into a full-scale conflict in the Middle East.

VOV.VN - A Thai Vietjet flight from Da Nang to Bangkok underwent strict security checks on September 26 after a passenger spread a bomb threat on the plane.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control has announced that over recent weeks, the city has recorded a significant increase in cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), dengue fever, and measles.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Military Engineering Unit Rotation 2 have successfully accomplished their peacekeeping tasks at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and are now preparing to return home.

VOV.VN - The specialized committees of Vietnam and Cambodia on the search, collection, and repatriation of the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Cambodia during wartime met in Da Nang on September 26 to work out the programme of action for the 2024-2025 dry season.

La Nina, with a greater possibility of occurring in the remaining months of this year, may cause the risk of heavy rains, storms and floods, especially in the central region, according to Head of the Weather Forecast Department under the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHF) Nguyen Van Huong.

The Vietnamese community in Australia has contributed a total of around VND5 billion (US$203,300) in support of people affected by natural resources, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam has released.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi had a working session with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Kazan city, the Republic of Tatarstan, on September 25 as part of his three-day trip there.

The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) has been held in Luang Prabang, Laos, under the chair of Vilayphong Sisomvang, Director General of Planning and International Cooperation under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos.

A workshop was co-organised in Vientiane on September 25 by the Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), and the Royal Academy of Cambodia, suggesting measures for enhancing the three countries’ cooperation in the new global context.

The Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) is seeking to enhance cooperation in personnel training and knowledge sharing with partners from France and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Ministry of Education and Training is ready to collaborate with the Francophone University Association (AUF) to build a national consultation framework and facilitate the further promotion of the AUF's activities with priorities on the use of French language in the development of education and training, science and technology, a senior official has said.

Vietnam has been making serious efforts to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid its current socio-economic situation, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long told the first meeting of the National Council for Sustainable Development in Hanoi on September 25.

Do Anh Dung, Chairman of Tan Hoang Minh Group, saw his sentence reduced from eight to seven years in prison by the High-level People's Court in Hanoi during an appeal hearing on September 25.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on September 25 called on Leipzig city of Germany to share its experience with the southern metropolis in sustainable urban planning, enhancing resilience, and transferring environmentally friendly green technologies.