VOV.VN - Medical experts from Australia and the US organised a training course on October 30 to provide air ambulance training to doctors of the Military Hospital 175, under the Ministry of Defence. 

The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang aims to preserve 350 long-tailed macaques monkeys living in a mangrove forest and develop eco-tourism as part of its tourism development plan by 2020.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has signed a CPV Central Committee resolution on public health (Resolution 20) which sets a goal for 95% of the population to be covered by health insurance by 2025.

About 1,090 projects of scientific research and technological development have been implemented in five provinces and cities in the south-eastern region in the period of 2015-17, according to a seminar themed “Promoting regional linkage” held late last week.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 30 conveyed a message to mark the 20th year of devastating Typhoon Linda – the worst to strike the Mekong Delta in 100 years, in which he called on people to stay vigilant and play a more active role in response to natural disasters.

The first phase of a project to build a digital network infrastructure that will help Phu Quoc Island become a smart city has been completed, the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) has announced.

Authority of Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) pledged that they will pay more attention to difficulties facing the Vietnamese community in education, healthcare services, insurance, consular and justice affairs, and working conditions.

An inaccurate labour database and poor forecasting is exacerbating the nation’s unemployment problem, officials admitted at a conference on Ocotber 26.

More than 40% of students aged from 7 to 13 in big cities such as Hanoi and HCM City suffer from eye defects, with short-sightedness accounting for two-thirds of cases, according to health sector statistics.

Quang Ninh province stopped recruiting teachers in March as it undertakes a restructuring of the education sector. But the number of students has kept increasing, creating new burdens for local schools.

Vietnam led the Asia Pacific region’s most generous market, with 78.5% of consumers giving to charities.

The Ho Chi Minh City-based Binh Dan Hospital successfully carried out robotic operations for 222 cancer patients in its first year of applying the technology for adults.

The director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of the northern province of Yen Bai has been reprimanded and transferred to another position, as punishments over his failure to fully declare his asset holdings.

Starting from November, train stations in Hanoi, the central city of Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City will feature automatic ticket gates in a bid to increase service quality of the Vietnam Railways.

The Vietnam Writers' Association held a workshop in Hanoi on October 28, spotlighting 30 years of exchange between Vietnamese and American literature.

VOV.VN - Da Nang city has selected and trained volunteers and communicators to support delegates at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting early next month.

The Breast Cancer Network Vietnam (BCNV) is calling for hair donations as part of the Pink Hat Festival, which will be held on October 29 to raise awareness, especially among women, about the threat of breast cancer.

VOV.VN - A massive fire destroyed a factory specialized in producing mattresses in Binh Hoa industrial park in the southern province of An Giang on October 27, after an explosion was heard in the area. 

A low pressure zone in Vietnam’s East Sea, internationally known as the South China Sea, is likely to strengthen into a tropical depression by October 28 and could intensify to a storm.

VOV.VN - Since Vietnam signed a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan - the demand for skilled workers with Russian proficiency has increased.

A female Vietnamese scholar has been named among this year’s top 100 scientists in Asia by the Singaporean magazine Asian Scientists. 

The police on environment crime prevention and fight under the Ministry of Public Security on October 26 detected an illegal detention of rare animals in Loc Ninh district, the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

An international seminar took place in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An city on October 27 to discuss sustainable hydropower development and management of the Vu Gia-Thu Bon river basin and Quang Nam-Da Nang coastline.

Cambodia’s Ministry of Information held a ceremony in Phnom Penh on October 27 to receive six radio transmitters granted by the Vietnamese Government to local radio and television stations.

Taking almost a year to complete, the royal crematorium is now ready to perform its duty on October 26. 

The Department of Medical Sciences has launched the world’s first reference book on Thai medicinal herbs, in an attempt to lower imports of foreign medicines. 

Local authorities say that the number of ethnic minority juveniles engaging in drug trafficking at the Vietnamese-Lao border in the central province of Quang Tri has increased sharply over the last five years.

Police of Hanoi’s Thach That district have arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly transporting 8,000 methamphetamine pills and two packs of heroin. 

The Ministry of Defence has agreed to hand over land to HCM City authorities for construction of a flyover near Tan Son Nhat International Airport to prevent the constant traffic jams that occur there.

The Vietnamese Embassy in New Delhi, India on October 27 held a meeting with over 100 local high school students and teachers to introduce the nation and people of Vietnam as well as the partnership between the two countries.